Manchester vs Newington

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

Manchester and Newington are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Manchester has the higher population (36,561 vs 30,551 in Newington). Newington has the higher median household income ($98,585 vs $76,780 in Manchester). Newington has the higher median home value ($279,900 vs $205,800 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Newington
Population	36,561	30,551
Median age	37.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,780	$98,585
Median home value	$205,800	$279,900
Median gross rent	$1,357	$1,487
Housing units	16,461	13,334
Homeownership rate	55.3%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Newington
Population	29,972 → 36,561 (+22.0%)	30,234 → 30,551 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$62,622 → $76,780 (+22.6%)	$81,646 → $98,585 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $205,800 (+24.1%)	$230,500 → $279,900 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $1,357 (+18.2%)	$1,263 → $1,487 (+17.7%)

Manchester

Population

29,97236,561

Median household income

$62,622$76,780

Median home value

$165,900$205,800

Median gross rent

$1,148$1,357

Newington

Population

30,23430,551

Median household income

$81,646$98,585

Median home value

$230,500$279,900

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,487

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Newington
Under 5	5.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	18.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.8%
75 and over	5.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Newington
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	72.2%
Black or African American	16.1%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Newington
No high school diploma	7.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	32.3%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Newington
Drove alone	76.9%	77.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.0%
Public transit	2.5%	1.5%
Walked	2.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	13.0%
Other means	0.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Newington
1-unit, detached	46.2%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	11.3%
20 or more units	12.6%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Newington
Poverty rate	14.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1952	1967