Arlington vs Manchester

A side-by-side comparison of Arlington and Manchester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arlington has the higher population (1,871 vs 642 in Manchester). Arlington has the higher median household income ($73,164 vs $62,813 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median home value ($458,100 vs $231,800 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Manchester
Population	1,871	642
Median age	35.8 yrs	64.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,164	$62,813
Median home value	$231,800	$458,100
Median gross rent	$1,090	$479
Housing units	677	748
Homeownership rate	70.2%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Manchester
Population	1,452 → 1,871 (+28.9%)	744 → 642 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$57,708 → $73,164 (+26.8%)	$23,295 → $62,813 (+169.6%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $231,800 (+14.5%)	$416,700 → $458,100 (+9.9%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,090 (+23.2%)	$434 → $479 (+10.4%)

Arlington

Population

1,4521,871

Median household income

$57,708$73,164

Median home value

$202,500$231,800

Median gross rent

$885$1,090

Manchester

Population

744642

Median household income

$23,295$62,813

Median home value

$416,700$458,100

Median gross rent

$434$479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Manchester
Under 5	7.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	3.1%
18 to 24	12.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.4%	5.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	2.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	28.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	16.7%
75 and over	5.1%	33.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Manchester
No high school diploma	2.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	25.5%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	28.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Manchester
Drove alone	66.0%	48.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	35.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Manchester
1-unit, detached	79.2%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Manchester
Poverty rate	9.3%	16.4%
Average household size	3.24	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1954	1980