Glasgow vs Manchester

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

Glasgow 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 146 in Glasgow). Manchester has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $52,500 in Glasgow). Manchester has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $53,900 in Glasgow).

Population, income & housing

	Glasgow	Manchester
Population	146	187
Median age	61.0 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$73,250
Median home value	$53,900	$85,000
Median gross rent	$625	$500
Housing units	76	102
Homeownership rate	89.7%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glasgow	Manchester
Population	93 → 146 (+57.0%)	258 → 187 (-27.5%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $52,500 (+19.3%)	$46,111 → $73,250 (+58.9%)
Median home value	$51,000 → $53,900 (+5.7%)	$76,700 → $85,000 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$475 → $500 (+5.3%)

Glasgow

Population

93146

Median household income

$44,000$52,500

Median home value

$51,000$53,900

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)

	Glasgow	Manchester
Under 5	4.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	10.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	2.7%	10.7%
25 to 34	4.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	5.3%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	27.4%	20.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	25.1%
75 and over	15.8%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glasgow	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	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	8.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glasgow	Manchester
No high school diploma	16.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	69.4%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	11.6%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.8%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glasgow	Manchester
Drove alone	91.8%	79.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glasgow	Manchester
1-unit, detached	84.2%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Glasgow	Manchester
Poverty rate	1.4%	3.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1941	1950