Bennington vs Manchester Center

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

Bennington and Manchester Center 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 1,935 in Manchester Center). Manchester Center has the higher median household income ($88,786 vs $53,839 in Bennington). Manchester Center has the higher median home value ($330,300 vs $185,100 in Bennington).

Population, income & housing

	Bennington	Manchester Center
Population	8,888	1,935
Median age	45.9 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,839	$88,786
Median home value	$185,100	$330,300
Median gross rent	$1,095	$875
Housing units	4,135	1,235
Homeownership rate	56.3%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennington	Manchester Center
Population	8,629 → 8,888 (+3.0%)	1,923 → 1,935 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$48,426 → $53,839 (+11.2%)	$62,292 → $88,786 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $185,100 (+18.4%)	$286,600 → $330,300 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $1,095 (+31.8%)	$829 → $875 (+5.5%)

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 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)

	Bennington	Manchester Center
Under 5	3.2%	11.0%
5 to 17	11.6%	11.4%
18 to 24	12.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	16.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	19.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.4%
75 and over	12.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennington	Manchester Center
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennington	Manchester Center
No high school diploma	8.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	25.9%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennington	Manchester Center
Drove alone	73.1%	69.3%
Carpooled	12.3%	15.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	12.4%
Other means	2.3%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennington	Manchester Center
1-unit, detached	56.7%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	28.9%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	10.7%
20 or more units	4.8%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bennington	Manchester Center
Poverty rate	12.4%	28.2%
Average household size	2.22	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	15	15
Median year structure built	1957	1973