Delhi vs Manchester

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

Delhi 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 499 in Delhi). Delhi has the higher median household income ($84,079 vs $58,578 in Manchester). Delhi has the higher median home value ($161,500 vs $130,500 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Delhi	Manchester
Population	499	5,144
Median age	43.8 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,079	$58,578
Median home value	$161,500	$130,500
Median gross rent	$892	$743
Housing units	269	2,712
Homeownership rate	82.1%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delhi	Manchester
Population	487 → 499 (+2.5%)	5,019 → 5,144 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $84,079 (+31.9%)	$51,773 → $58,578 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$118,500 → $161,500 (+36.3%)	$110,400 → $130,500 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $892 (+39.8%)	$576 → $743 (+29.0%)

Delhi

Population

487499

Median household income

$63,750$84,079

Median home value

$118,500$161,500

Median gross rent

$638$892

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)

	Delhi	Manchester
Under 5	2.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	2.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	19.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	14.6%
75 and over	7.2%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delhi	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	1.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delhi	Manchester
No high school diploma	3.2%	11.4%
High school graduate	41.6%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delhi	Manchester
Drove alone	84.5%	86.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delhi	Manchester
1-unit, detached	84.0%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Delhi	Manchester
Poverty rate	10.2%	12.5%
Average household size	1.90	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	19	13
Median year structure built	1976	1955