What is the population of Manchester CDP?

Manchester CDP has 12,347 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #111 of 688 in Virginia.

What is the median household income in Manchester CDP?

Median household income in Manchester CDP is $72,465 a year, 7.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Manchester CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,444 a month and the median home value is $286,900, so rent absorbs about 23.9% of median household income.

Is Manchester CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Manchester CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Manchester, VA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Manchester, Virginia (Manchester, VA — Census place “Manchester CDP”) is 12,347 residents, ranking #111 of 688 places in Virginia. Median household income is $72,465, the median home is worth $286,900 and median gross rent runs $1,444 a month. Looking for the Manchester Virginia ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Manchester, VA: 23225, 23235.

Population: 12,347Manchester CDP residents
Median household income: $72,465Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $286,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,444Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.4%Owner-occupied households

Manchester ZIP codes (Virginia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Manchester.

The Manchester VA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Manchester CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Manchester CDP median would spend about 23.9% 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 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.6% of residents and 58.4% 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 CDP, VA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Manchester CDP is a mid-size town in Virginia, with 12,347 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #111 of 688 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 34.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 CDP earn a median of $72,465 a year, 7.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 13% below the $82,986 median for the 383 Virginia 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 13.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Manchester CDP is valued at $286,900, 5.4% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $291,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,444 a month, 2.7% above the national figure, or roughly $17,328 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 58.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Manchester CDP?: Manchester CDP has 12,347 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #111 of 688 in Virginia.
What is the median household income in Manchester CDP?: Median household income in Manchester CDP is $72,465 a year, 7.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Manchester CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,444 a month and the median home value is $286,900, so rent absorbs about 23.9% of median household income.
Is Manchester CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Manchester CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Manchester CDP 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.