Manchester Center vs North Bennington

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

Manchester Center and North Bennington 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 1,342 in North Bennington). Manchester Center has the higher median household income ($88,786 vs $67,500 in North Bennington). Manchester Center has the higher median home value ($330,300 vs $275,000 in North Bennington).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester Center	North Bennington
Population	1,935	1,342
Median age	49.6 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,786	$67,500
Median home value	$330,300	$275,000
Median gross rent	$875	$1,500
Housing units	1,235	380
Homeownership rate	80.7%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester Center	North Bennington
Population	1,923 → 1,935 (+0.6%)	1,715 → 1,342 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$62,292 → $88,786 (+42.5%)	$53,603 → $67,500 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$286,600 → $330,300 (+15.2%)	$199,000 → $275,000 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $875 (+5.5%)	$952 → $1,500 (+57.6%)

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

North Bennington

Population

1,7151,342

Median household income

$53,603$67,500

Median home value

$199,000$275,000

Median gross rent

$952$1,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester Center	North Bennington
Under 5	11.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	11.4%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	29.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	6.9%
35 to 44	7.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	16.5%	6.6%
55 to 64	19.0%	6.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.3%
75 and over	7.9%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester Center	North Bennington
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester Center	North Bennington
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	26.7%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester Center	North Bennington
Drove alone	69.3%	46.2%
Carpooled	15.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	25.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	12.4%	18.5%
Other means	2.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester Center	North Bennington
1-unit, detached	69.4%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	6.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Manchester Center	North Bennington
Poverty rate	28.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.52	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1973	1952