North Manchester vs Wabash

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

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

Wabash has the higher population (10,378 vs 4,904 in North Manchester). North Manchester has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $54,199 in Wabash). North Manchester has the higher median home value ($135,500 vs $115,000 in Wabash).

Population, income & housing

	North Manchester	Wabash
Population	4,904	10,378
Median age	40.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,438	$54,199
Median home value	$135,500	$115,000
Median gross rent	$644	$677
Housing units	2,240	5,006
Homeownership rate	80.6%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Manchester	Wabash
Population	5,710 → 4,904 (-14.1%)	10,089 → 10,378 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$52,319 → $63,438 (+21.3%)	$44,973 → $54,199 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$94,900 → $135,500 (+42.8%)	$82,400 → $115,000 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $644 (-17.5%)	$663 → $677 (+2.1%)

North Manchester

Population

5,7104,904

Median household income

$52,319$63,438

Median home value

$94,900$135,500

Median gross rent

$781$644

Wabash

Population

10,08910,378

Median household income

$44,973$54,199

Median home value

$82,400$115,000

Median gross rent

$663$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Manchester	Wabash
Under 5	4.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	17.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	7.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.1%
75 and over	15.7%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Manchester	Wabash
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	92.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Manchester	Wabash
No high school diploma	7.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Manchester	Wabash
Drove alone	77.1%	86.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Manchester	Wabash
1-unit, detached	71.8%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	North Manchester	Wabash
Poverty rate	10.9%	12.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1957	1955