Bristol vs Vergennes

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and Vergennes: population, income, housing, and more.

Bristol and Vergennes are places in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vergennes has the higher population (2,571 vs 2,005 in Bristol). Vergennes has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $71,372 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median home value ($298,200 vs $263,500 in Vergennes).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Vergennes
Population	2,005	2,571
Median age	49.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,372	$85,417
Median home value	$298,200	$263,500
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,040
Housing units	1,009	1,147
Homeownership rate	68.7%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Vergennes
Population	1,855 → 2,005 (+8.1%)	2,596 → 2,571 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$61,184 → $71,372 (+16.7%)	$63,920 → $85,417 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$241,000 → $298,200 (+23.7%)	$216,000 → $263,500 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,065 → $1,290 (+21.1%)	$977 → $1,040 (+6.4%)

Bristol

Population

1,8552,005

Median household income

$61,184$71,372

Median home value

$241,000$298,200

Median gross rent

$1,065$1,290

Vergennes

Population

2,5962,571

Median household income

$63,920$85,417

Median home value

$216,000$263,500

Median gross rent

$977$1,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Vergennes
Under 5	1.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	5.4%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	20.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.5%
75 and over	9.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Vergennes
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Vergennes
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	33.9%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Vergennes
Drove alone	67.8%	67.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	11.1%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Vergennes
1-unit, detached	60.3%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Vergennes
Poverty rate	11.7%	11.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1956	1969