Dillsboro vs Manchester

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

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

Dillsboro has the higher population (1,809 vs 84 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median household income ($80,865 vs $46,591 in Dillsboro). Manchester has the higher median home value ($420,500 vs $137,700 in Dillsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Dillsboro	Manchester
Population	1,809	84
Median age	38.8 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,591	$80,865
Median home value	$137,700	$420,500
Median gross rent	$940	—
Housing units	765	35
Homeownership rate	60.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dillsboro	Manchester
Population	1,569 → 1,809 (+15.3%)	—
Median household income	$40,341 → $46,591 (+15.5%)	—
Median home value	$102,000 → $137,700 (+35.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$779 → $940 (+20.7%)	—

Dillsboro

Population

1,5691,809

Median household income

$40,341$46,591

Median home value

$102,000$137,700

Median gross rent

$779$940

Manchester

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dillsboro	Manchester
Under 5	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	36.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	28.6%
75 and over	12.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dillsboro	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dillsboro	Manchester
No high school diploma	14.3%	31.6%
High school graduate	44.6%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dillsboro	Manchester
Drove alone	72.0%	70.0%
Carpooled	14.2%	30.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dillsboro	Manchester
1-unit, detached	63.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dillsboro	Manchester
Poverty rate	19.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1963	1983