Manchester vs Pownal Center

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

Manchester and Pownal Center 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 475 in Pownal Center). Pownal Center has the higher median household income ($74,286 vs $62,813 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median home value ($458,100 vs $424,400 in Pownal Center).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Pownal Center
Population	642	475
Median age	64.8 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$74,286
Median home value	$458,100	$424,400
Median gross rent	$479	—
Housing units	748	257
Homeownership rate	53.4%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Pownal Center
Population	744 → 642 (-13.7%)	614 → 475 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$23,295 → $62,813 (+169.6%)	$63,229 → $74,286 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$416,700 → $458,100 (+9.9%)	$156,300 → $424,400 (+171.5%)
Median gross rent	$434 → $479 (+10.4%)	—

Manchester

Population

744642

Median household income

$23,295$62,813

Median home value

$416,700$458,100

Median gross rent

$434$479

Pownal Center

Population

614475

Median household income

$63,229$74,286

Median home value

$156,300$424,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Pownal Center
Under 5	1.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	3.1%	21.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.6%	18.1%
45 to 54	2.2%	31.2%
55 to 64	28.0%	4.2%
65 to 74	16.7%	16.6%
75 and over	33.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Pownal Center
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	97.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
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	7.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Pownal Center
No high school diploma	7.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	18.4%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Pownal Center
Drove alone	48.3%	68.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	20.4%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.8%	4.9%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Pownal Center
1-unit, detached	47.7%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.1%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	33.1%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Pownal Center
Poverty rate	16.4%	6.7%
Average household size	1.86	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1980	1966