Manchester vs Merritt

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

Manchester and Merritt 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 75 in Merritt). Since 2019, Merritt's population has grown faster (+188.5% vs -27.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Merritt
Population	187	75
Median age	53.1 yrs	16.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,250	—
Median home value	$85,000	—
Median gross rent	$500	—
Housing units	102	11
Homeownership rate	95.1%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Merritt
Population	258 → 187 (-27.5%)	26 → 75 (+188.5%)
Median household income	$46,111 → $73,250 (+58.9%)	—
Median home value	$76,700 → $85,000 (+10.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$475 → $500 (+5.3%)	—

Manchester

Population

258187

Median household income

$46,111$73,250

Median home value

$76,700$85,000

Median gross rent

$475$500

Merritt

Population

2675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Merritt
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	50.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	24.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	8.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	9.3%
65 to 74	25.1%	0.0%
75 and over	2.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Merritt
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	32.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	68.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Merritt
No high school diploma	2.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	50.7%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Merritt
Drove alone	79.1%	45.8%
Carpooled	19.8%	54.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Merritt
1-unit, detached	83.3%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	54.5%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Merritt
Poverty rate	3.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.31	6.82
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1950	—