As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 2,120,[3] out of 4,391 people in the entire town of Manchester.

[3] As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 2,065 people, 912 households, and 534 families residing in the CDP.

34.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

VT 7A, the old alignment of US 7, leads north to East Dorset where it rejoins US 7, and south to Arlington and Bennington.

VT 30 leads northwest to Dorset and Pawlet and southeast across the Green Mountains to Brattleboro.

This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.