Manchester vs South Shaftsbury

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

Manchester and South Shaftsbury 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 442 in South Shaftsbury). Manchester has the higher median household income ($62,813 vs $58,692 in South Shaftsbury). Manchester has the higher median home value ($458,100 vs $194,200 in South Shaftsbury).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	South Shaftsbury
Population	642	442
Median age	64.8 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$58,692
Median home value	$458,100	$194,200
Median gross rent	$479	—
Housing units	748	237
Homeownership rate	53.4%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	South Shaftsbury
Population	744 → 642 (-13.7%)	412 → 442 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$23,295 → $62,813 (+169.6%)	$51,818 → $58,692 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$416,700 → $458,100 (+9.9%)	$194,900 → $194,200 (-0.4%)
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

South Shaftsbury

Population

412442

Median household income

$51,818$58,692

Median home value

$194,900$194,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	South Shaftsbury
Under 5	1.4%	0.5%
5 to 17	3.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	5.6%	0.2%
45 to 54	2.2%	4.5%
55 to 64	28.0%	23.5%
65 to 74	16.7%	40.5%
75 and over	33.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	South Shaftsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	88.9%
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%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	South Shaftsbury
No high school diploma	7.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	18.4%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	South Shaftsbury
Drove alone	48.3%	99.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	0.8%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.8%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	South Shaftsbury
1-unit, detached	47.7%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	South Shaftsbury
Poverty rate	16.4%	5.9%
Average household size	1.86	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1980	1951