Manchester vs Manchester Center

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

Manchester and Manchester Center 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 642 in Manchester). Manchester Center has the higher median household income ($88,786 vs $62,813 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median home value ($458,100 vs $330,300 in Manchester Center).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Manchester Center
Population	642	1,935
Median age	64.8 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$88,786
Median home value	$458,100	$330,300
Median gross rent	$479	$875
Housing units	748	1,235
Homeownership rate	53.4%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Manchester Center
Population	744 → 642 (-13.7%)	1,923 → 1,935 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$23,295 → $62,813 (+169.6%)	$62,292 → $88,786 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$416,700 → $458,100 (+9.9%)	$286,600 → $330,300 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$434 → $479 (+10.4%)	$829 → $875 (+5.5%)

Manchester

Population

744642

Median household income

$23,295$62,813

Median home value

$416,700$458,100

Median gross rent

$434$479

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)

	Manchester	Manchester Center
Under 5	1.4%	11.0%
5 to 17	3.1%	11.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	5.6%	7.5%
45 to 54	2.2%	16.5%
55 to 64	28.0%	19.0%
65 to 74	16.7%	11.4%
75 and over	33.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Manchester Center
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Manchester Center
No high school diploma	7.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	18.4%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Manchester Center
Drove alone	48.3%	69.3%
Carpooled	11.3%	15.0%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.8%	12.4%
Other means	2.6%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Manchester Center
1-unit, detached	47.7%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	19.1%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	10.7%
20 or more units	8.4%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Manchester Center
Poverty rate	16.4%	28.2%
Average household size	1.86	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1980	1973