Colesburg vs Manchester

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (5,144 vs 585 in Colesburg). Manchester has the higher median household income ($58,578 vs $50,000 in Colesburg). Manchester has the higher median home value ($130,500 vs $103,700 in Colesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Colesburg	Manchester
Population	585	5,144
Median age	51.9 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$58,578
Median home value	$103,700	$130,500
Median gross rent	$494	$743
Housing units	272	2,712
Homeownership rate	82.3%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colesburg	Manchester
Population	460 → 585 (+27.2%)	5,019 → 5,144 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$49,643 → $50,000 (+0.7%)	$51,773 → $58,578 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $103,700 (+13.3%)	$110,400 → $130,500 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$521 → $494 (-5.2%)	$576 → $743 (+29.0%)

Colesburg

Population

460585

Median household income

$49,643$50,000

Median home value

$91,500$103,700

Median gross rent

$521$494

Manchester

Population

5,0195,144

Median household income

$51,773$58,578

Median home value

$110,400$130,500

Median gross rent

$576$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colesburg	Manchester
Under 5	3.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.2%	12.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	18.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	15.6%	14.6%
75 and over	12.0%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colesburg	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	6.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colesburg	Manchester
No high school diploma	11.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	50.4%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colesburg	Manchester
Drove alone	71.4%	86.5%
Carpooled	15.9%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	8.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colesburg	Manchester
1-unit, detached	86.8%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Colesburg	Manchester
Poverty rate	6.0%	12.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	26	13
Median year structure built	1946	1955