Tennessee · Census place 45500
Manchester, TN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Manchester, Tennessee (Manchester, TN — Census place “Manchester city”) is 12,651 residents, ranking #50 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $55,019, the median home is worth $215,700 and median gross rent runs $897 a month. Looking for the Manchester Tennessee ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Manchester, TN: 37355.
- Population
- 12,651Manchester city residents
- Median household income
- $55,019Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $215,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $897Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 32.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 54.9%Owner-occupied households
Manchester ZIP codes (Tennessee)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Manchester.
The Manchester TN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Manchester city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Manchester city median would spend about 19.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.9% of residents and 54.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Manchester city, TN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Manchester city is a mid-size town in Tennessee, with 12,651 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #50 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 32.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Manchester city earn a median of $55,019 a year, 29.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 15.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Manchester city is valued at $215,700, 28.9% below the national figure and 13% above the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $897 a month, 36.2% below the national figure, or roughly $10,764 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 54.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Tennessee.
- Lewisburg city 12,607
- Soddy-Daisy city 13,117
- Crossville city 12,265
- Portland city 13,325
- Red Bank city 11,960
- Powell CDP 13,544
- Middle Valley CDP 11,808
- McMinnville city 13,765
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Manchester city?
- Manchester city has 12,651 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #50 of 504 in Tennessee.
- What is the median household income in Manchester city?
- Median household income in Manchester city is $55,019 a year, 29.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Manchester city?
- Median gross rent is $897 a month and the median home value is $215,700, so rent absorbs about 19.6% of median household income.
- Is Manchester city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Manchester city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Manchester city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.