Manchester Center vs Pownal

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

Manchester Center and Pownal 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 587 in Pownal). Manchester Center has the higher median household income ($88,786 vs $55,156 in Pownal). Manchester Center has the higher median home value ($330,300 vs $215,900 in Pownal).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester Center	Pownal
Population	1,935	587
Median age	49.6 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,786	$55,156
Median home value	$330,300	$215,900
Median gross rent	$875	—
Housing units	1,235	172
Homeownership rate	80.7%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester Center	Pownal
Population	1,923 → 1,935 (+0.6%)	666 → 587 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$62,292 → $88,786 (+42.5%)	$56,771 → $55,156 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$286,600 → $330,300 (+15.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$829 → $875 (+5.5%)	—

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

Pownal

Population

666587

Median household income

$56,771$55,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester Center	Pownal
Under 5	11.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	28.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	14.7%
45 to 54	16.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	19.0%	1.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	7.8%
75 and over	7.9%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester Center	Pownal
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester Center	Pownal
No high school diploma	5.9%	13.8%
High school graduate	26.7%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester Center	Pownal
Drove alone	69.3%	77.9%
Carpooled	15.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	22.1%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester Center	Pownal
1-unit, detached	69.4%	48.8%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	36.0%

Poverty & households

	Manchester Center	Pownal
Poverty rate	28.2%	21.6%
Average household size	2.52	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1973	1969