Manchester vs Stamford

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

Manchester and Stamford 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 522 in Stamford). Stamford has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $62,813 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median home value ($458,100 vs $263,600 in Stamford).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Stamford
Population	642	522
Median age	64.8 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,813	$88,750
Median home value	$458,100	$263,600
Median gross rent	$479	—
Housing units	748	230
Homeownership rate	53.4%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Stamford
Population	744 → 642 (-13.7%)	465 → 522 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$23,295 → $62,813 (+169.6%)	$66,146 → $88,750 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$416,700 → $458,100 (+9.9%)	$225,000 → $263,600 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$434 → $479 (+10.4%)	$789 → $900 (+14.1%)

Manchester

Population

744642

Median household income

$23,295$62,813

Median home value

$416,700$458,100

Median gross rent

$434$479

Stamford

Population

465522

Median household income

$66,146$88,750

Median home value

$225,000$263,600

Median gross rent

$789$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Stamford
Under 5	1.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	3.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	5.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	2.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	28.0%	20.7%
65 to 74	16.7%	19.0%
75 and over	33.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Stamford
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Stamford
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	18.4%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	28.2%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Stamford
Drove alone	48.3%	86.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.8%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.8%	3.3%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Stamford
1-unit, detached	47.7%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Stamford
Poverty rate	16.4%	5.7%
Average household size	1.86	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	18	37
Median year structure built	1980	1965