Earlville vs Manchester

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

Earlville 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 864 in Earlville). Earlville has the higher median household income ($71,125 vs $58,578 in Manchester). Earlville has the higher median home value ($148,100 vs $130,500 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Earlville	Manchester
Population	864	5,144
Median age	43.1 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,125	$58,578
Median home value	$148,100	$130,500
Median gross rent	$770	$743
Housing units	366	2,712
Homeownership rate	81.2%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlville	Manchester
Population	774 → 864 (+11.6%)	5,019 → 5,144 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$58,661 → $71,125 (+21.2%)	$51,773 → $58,578 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $148,100 (+52.5%)	$110,400 → $130,500 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $770 (+30.7%)	$576 → $743 (+29.0%)

Earlville

Population

774864

Median household income

$58,661$71,125

Median home value

$97,100$148,100

Median gross rent

$589$770

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)

	Earlville	Manchester
Under 5	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	12.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	14.6%
75 and over	9.3%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlville	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	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	0.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlville	Manchester
No high school diploma	7.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	44.0%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlville	Manchester
Drove alone	87.0%	86.5%
Carpooled	4.3%	4.2%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlville	Manchester
1-unit, detached	90.2%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Earlville	Manchester
Poverty rate	6.5%	12.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	13
Median year structure built	1954	1955