Manchester vs Winchester

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

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

Winchester has the higher population (1,543 vs 187 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $54,286 in Winchester). Winchester has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $85,000 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Winchester
Population	187	1,543
Median age	53.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,250	$54,286
Median home value	$85,000	$96,000
Median gross rent	$500	$627
Housing units	102	772
Homeownership rate	95.1%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Winchester
Population	258 → 187 (-27.5%)	1,856 → 1,543 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$46,111 → $73,250 (+58.9%)	$51,625 → $54,286 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$76,700 → $85,000 (+10.8%)	$86,200 → $96,000 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $500 (+5.3%)	$499 → $627 (+25.7%)

Manchester

Population

258187

Median household income

$46,111$73,250

Median home value

$76,700$85,000

Median gross rent

$475$500

Winchester

Population

1,8561,543

Median household income

$51,625$54,286

Median home value

$86,200$96,000

Median gross rent

$499$627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Winchester
Under 5	2.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	5.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	20.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	25.1%	9.7%
75 and over	2.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Winchester
No high school diploma	2.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	50.7%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Winchester
Drove alone	79.1%	85.1%
Carpooled	19.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Winchester
1-unit, detached	83.3%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Winchester
Poverty rate	3.8%	21.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1950	1959