Manchester vs Storrs

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

Manchester and Storrs 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 13,502 in Storrs). Manchester has the higher median household income ($76,780 vs $33,125 in Storrs). Storrs has the higher median home value ($304,600 vs $205,800 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Storrs
Population	36,561	13,502
Median age	37.0 yrs	20.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,780	$33,125
Median home value	$205,800	$304,600
Median gross rent	$1,357	$1,612
Housing units	16,461	2,302
Homeownership rate	55.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	68.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Storrs
Population	29,972 → 36,561 (+22.0%)	16,352 → 13,502 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$62,622 → $76,780 (+22.6%)	$27,035 → $33,125 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $205,800 (+24.1%)	$230,900 → $304,600 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $1,357 (+18.2%)	$1,463 → $1,612 (+10.2%)

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

Storrs

Population

16,35213,502

Median household income

$27,035$33,125

Median home value

$230,900$304,600

Median gross rent

$1,463$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Storrs
Under 5	5.4%	0.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	2.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	83.3%
25 to 34	18.6%	2.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	2.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	0.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	2.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	1.8%
75 and over	5.7%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Storrs
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	66.0%
Black or African American	16.1%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	16.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Storrs
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	32.3%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	43.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Storrs
Drove alone	76.9%	26.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	4.8%
Public transit	2.5%	6.4%
Walked	2.0%	25.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	35.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Storrs
1-unit, detached	46.2%	27.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	10.9%
20 or more units	12.6%	35.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Storrs
Poverty rate	14.8%	42.0%
Average household size	2.32	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1952	1990