Bennington vs Manchester

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

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

Bennington has the higher population (8,888 vs 642 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median household income ($62,813 vs $53,839 in Bennington). Manchester has the higher median home value ($458,100 vs $185,100 in Bennington).

Population, income & housing

	Bennington	Manchester
Population	8,888	642
Median age	45.9 yrs	64.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,839	$62,813
Median home value	$185,100	$458,100
Median gross rent	$1,095	$479
Housing units	4,135	748
Homeownership rate	56.3%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennington	Manchester
Population	8,629 → 8,888 (+3.0%)	744 → 642 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$48,426 → $53,839 (+11.2%)	$23,295 → $62,813 (+169.6%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $185,100 (+18.4%)	$416,700 → $458,100 (+9.9%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $1,095 (+31.8%)	$434 → $479 (+10.4%)

Bennington

Population

8,6298,888

Median household income

$48,426$53,839

Median home value

$156,400$185,100

Median gross rent

$831$1,095

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)

	Bennington	Manchester
Under 5	3.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	11.6%	3.1%
18 to 24	12.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	5.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	2.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	28.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.7%
75 and over	12.4%	33.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennington	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennington	Manchester
No high school diploma	8.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	25.9%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	28.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennington	Manchester
Drove alone	73.1%	48.3%
Carpooled	12.3%	11.3%
Public transit	1.0%	2.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	35.8%
Other means	2.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennington	Manchester
1-unit, detached	56.7%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	28.9%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	9.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Bennington	Manchester
Poverty rate	12.4%	16.4%
Average household size	2.22	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1957	1980