Dorset vs Manchester

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (642 vs 349 in Dorset). Dorset has the higher median household income ($148,385 vs $62,813 in Manchester). Dorset has the higher median home value ($482,400 vs $458,100 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Dorset	Manchester
Population	349	642
Median age	60.6 yrs	64.8 yrs
Median household income	$148,385	$62,813
Median home value	$482,400	$458,100
Median gross rent	—	$479
Housing units	321	748
Homeownership rate	97.2%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	95.6%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorset	Manchester
Population	213 → 349 (+63.8%)	744 → 642 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$87,368 → $148,385 (+69.8%)	$23,295 → $62,813 (+169.6%)
Median home value	$340,400 → $482,400 (+41.7%)	$416,700 → $458,100 (+9.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$434 → $479 (+10.4%)

Dorset

Population

213349

Median household income

$87,368$148,385

Median home value

$340,400$482,400

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)

	Dorset	Manchester
Under 5	8.3%	1.4%
5 to 17	7.7%	3.1%
18 to 24	12.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.9%	5.6%
45 to 54	1.1%	2.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	28.0%
65 to 74	27.8%	16.7%
75 and over	17.5%	33.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorset	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorset	Manchester
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	2.0%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	2.4%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	56.4%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	39.2%	28.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorset	Manchester
Drove alone	36.9%	48.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	34.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.8%	35.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorset	Manchester
1-unit, detached	94.7%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Dorset	Manchester
Poverty rate	5.4%	16.4%
Average household size	1.97	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1938	1980