Manchester vs Wethersfield

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

Manchester and Wethersfield 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 27,180 in Wethersfield). Wethersfield has the higher median household income ($118,523 vs $76,780 in Manchester). Wethersfield has the higher median home value ($300,500 vs $205,800 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Wethersfield
Population	36,561	27,180
Median age	37.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,780	$118,523
Median home value	$205,800	$300,500
Median gross rent	$1,357	$1,303
Housing units	16,461	11,833
Homeownership rate	55.3%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Wethersfield
Population	29,972 → 36,561 (+22.0%)	26,171 → 27,180 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$62,622 → $76,780 (+22.6%)	$86,216 → $118,523 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $205,800 (+24.1%)	$255,300 → $300,500 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $1,357 (+18.2%)	$1,052 → $1,303 (+23.9%)

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

Wethersfield

Population

26,17127,180

Median household income

$86,216$118,523

Median home value

$255,300$300,500

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,303

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Wethersfield
Under 5	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	18.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.1%
75 and over	5.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Wethersfield
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	77.8%
Black or African American	16.1%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Wethersfield
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Wethersfield
Drove alone	76.9%	72.5%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.9%
Public transit	2.5%	0.6%
Walked	2.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.3%	16.5%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Wethersfield
1-unit, detached	46.2%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	12.6%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Wethersfield
Poverty rate	14.8%	5.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1952	1959