Braidwood vs Manhattan

A side-by-side comparison of Braidwood and Manhattan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manhattan has the higher population (10,315 vs 6,175 in Braidwood). Manhattan has the higher median household income ($128,375 vs $83,365 in Braidwood). Manhattan has the higher median home value ($314,400 vs $205,900 in Braidwood).

Population, income & housing

	Braidwood	Manhattan
Population	6,175	10,315
Median age	44.3 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,365	$128,375
Median home value	$205,900	$314,400
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,220
Housing units	2,949	3,413
Homeownership rate	82.4%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braidwood	Manhattan
Population	6,377 → 6,175 (-3.2%)	8,164 → 10,315 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$63,074 → $83,365 (+32.2%)	$102,725 → $128,375 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $205,900 (+26.8%)	$241,400 → $314,400 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,089 (+11.2%)	$1,321 → $1,220 (-7.6%)

Braidwood

Population

6,3776,175

Median household income

$63,074$83,365

Median home value

$162,400$205,900

Median gross rent

$979$1,089

Manhattan

Population

8,16410,315

Median household income

$102,725$128,375

Median home value

$241,400$314,400

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,220

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braidwood	Manhattan
Under 5	3.9%	8.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	23.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	15.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	16.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	5.3%
75 and over	3.4%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braidwood	Manhattan
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braidwood	Manhattan
No high school diploma	5.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	31.7%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braidwood	Manhattan
Drove alone	90.6%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.6%	10.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braidwood	Manhattan
1-unit, detached	72.5%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	23.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Braidwood	Manhattan
Poverty rate	9.4%	3.3%
Average household size	2.42	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1994	2004