Manchester vs Windsor Locks

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

Manchester and Windsor Locks 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 12,555 in Windsor Locks). Windsor Locks has the higher median household income ($90,417 vs $76,780 in Manchester). Windsor Locks has the higher median home value ($236,800 vs $205,800 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Windsor Locks
Population	36,561	12,555
Median age	37.0 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,780	$90,417
Median home value	$205,800	$236,800
Median gross rent	$1,357	$1,290
Housing units	16,461	5,483
Homeownership rate	55.3%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Windsor Locks
Population	29,972 → 36,561 (+22.0%)	12,671 → 12,555 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$62,622 → $76,780 (+22.6%)	$70,067 → $90,417 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $205,800 (+24.1%)	$188,200 → $236,800 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $1,357 (+18.2%)	$1,189 → $1,290 (+8.5%)

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

Windsor Locks

Population

12,67112,555

Median household income

$70,067$90,417

Median home value

$188,200$236,800

Median gross rent

$1,189$1,290

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Windsor Locks
Under 5	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	18.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	19.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.1%
75 and over	5.7%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Windsor Locks
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	71.7%
Black or African American	16.1%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Windsor Locks
No high school diploma	7.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	32.3%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Windsor Locks
Drove alone	76.9%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	11.7%
Public transit	2.5%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	13.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Windsor Locks
1-unit, detached	46.2%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	22.7%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	12.6%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Windsor Locks
Poverty rate	14.8%	9.6%
Average household size	2.32	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1952	1960