Bluffs vs Manchester

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

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

Bluffs has the higher population (586 vs 187 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $72,917 in Bluffs). Manchester has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $78,700 in Bluffs).

Population, income & housing

	Bluffs	Manchester
Population	586	187
Median age	48.8 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,917	$73,250
Median home value	$78,700	$85,000
Median gross rent	$625	$500
Housing units	313	102
Homeownership rate	77.1%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluffs	Manchester
Population	839 → 586 (-30.2%)	258 → 187 (-27.5%)
Median household income	$60,588 → $72,917 (+20.3%)	$46,111 → $73,250 (+58.9%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $78,700 (+15.6%)	$76,700 → $85,000 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $625 (-8.9%)	$475 → $500 (+5.3%)

Bluffs

Population

839586

Median household income

$60,588$72,917

Median home value

$68,100$78,700

Median gross rent

$686$625

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)

	Bluffs	Manchester
Under 5	1.4%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.4%	5.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	21.8%	20.3%
65 to 74	16.6%	25.1%
75 and over	5.8%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluffs	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluffs	Manchester
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	51.0%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluffs	Manchester
Drove alone	86.2%	79.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluffs	Manchester
1-unit, detached	85.3%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Bluffs	Manchester
Poverty rate	6.5%	3.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1958	1950