Alsey vs Manchester

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (187 vs 184 in Alsey). Manchester has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $48,750 in Alsey). Manchester has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $53,000 in Alsey).

Population, income & housing

	Alsey	Manchester
Population	184	187
Median age	34.9 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$73,250
Median home value	$53,000	$85,000
Median gross rent	$850	$500
Housing units	89	102
Homeownership rate	85.1%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alsey	Manchester
Population	143 → 184 (+28.7%)	258 → 187 (-27.5%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $48,750 (+25.8%)	$46,111 → $73,250 (+58.9%)
Median home value	$47,500 → $53,000 (+11.6%)	$76,700 → $85,000 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $850 (+24.5%)	$475 → $500 (+5.3%)

Alsey

Population

143184

Median household income

$38,750$48,750

Median home value

$47,500$53,000

Median gross rent

$683$850

Manchester

Population

258187

Median household income

$46,111$73,250

Median home value

$76,700$85,000

Median gross rent

$475$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alsey	Manchester
Under 5	8.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.7%
25 to 34	17.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.2%	5.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	19.6%	20.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	25.1%
75 and over	6.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alsey	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alsey	Manchester
No high school diploma	10.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	57.3%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alsey	Manchester
Drove alone	80.3%	79.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	1.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alsey	Manchester
1-unit, detached	91.0%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Alsey	Manchester
Poverty rate	17.4%	3.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1944	1950