Arlington vs Manchester Center

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

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

Manchester Center has the higher population (1,935 vs 1,871 in Arlington). Manchester Center has the higher median household income ($88,786 vs $73,164 in Arlington). Manchester Center has the higher median home value ($330,300 vs $231,800 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Manchester Center
Population	1,871	1,935
Median age	35.8 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,164	$88,786
Median home value	$231,800	$330,300
Median gross rent	$1,090	$875
Housing units	677	1,235
Homeownership rate	70.2%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Manchester Center
Population	1,452 → 1,871 (+28.9%)	1,923 → 1,935 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$57,708 → $73,164 (+26.8%)	$62,292 → $88,786 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $231,800 (+14.5%)	$286,600 → $330,300 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,090 (+23.2%)	$829 → $875 (+5.5%)

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 Center

Population

1,9231,935

Median household income

$62,292$88,786

Median home value

$286,600$330,300

Median gross rent

$829$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Manchester Center
Under 5	7.4%	11.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	11.4%
18 to 24	12.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	18.4%	7.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	16.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	19.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.4%
75 and over	5.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Manchester Center
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Manchester Center
No high school diploma	2.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	25.5%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Manchester Center
Drove alone	66.0%	69.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	12.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Manchester Center
1-unit, detached	79.2%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Manchester Center
Poverty rate	9.3%	28.2%
Average household size	3.24	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1954	1973