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Manchester Center is a small town of 2,037 people in Bennington County, Vermont. It's about 32 miles from Glens Falls, NY and 100 miles from Hartford, CT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 89 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $360k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,037people
$360kTypical home
$1,023/moRent
79° / 31°Summer / winter
89"Snow
203Sunny days
156Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,037
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 440 people per sq mi
- 100 mi to Hartford, CT
- 32 mi to Glens Falls, NY
- 29 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $360k (≈$2,269/mo)
- Median rent $1,023/mo
- Median household income $64k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 31°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 59°F)
- 203 sunny days a year (50 totally clear)
- 162 cloudy days a year
- 51 of 90 winter days are gray
- 156 days a year with rain or snow
- 89" of snow a year
- 26 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 44 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (239 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (810 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 50
- 18% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 36% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 24 mi to RUT airport
- 49 mi to ALB (major hub)
- 28 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 72% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 974 ft
- 113 mi to the ocean
- 42 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 3 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 13 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 98 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 11 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 25 museums within 25 mi
- 11 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Vermont districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 23 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 40 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 21 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Bennington County: D+22 in 2024
- Vermont: D+32 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.