Carlton vs Manchester

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (77 vs 19 in Carlton). Carlton has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $12,500 in Manchester). Since 2019, Carlton's population has grown faster (+58.3% vs -40.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Carlton	Manchester
Population	19	77
Median age	58.5 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$12,500
Housing units	15	51
Homeownership rate	77.8%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlton	Manchester
Population	12 → 19 (+58.3%)	130 → 77 (-40.8%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $64,375 (+32.1%)	$31,458 → $12,500 (-60.3%)
Median home value	—	$24,400 → $26,800 (+9.8%)

Carlton

Population

1219

Median household income

$48,750$64,375

Manchester

Population

13077

Median household income

$31,458$12,500

Median home value

$24,400$26,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlton	Manchester
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.9%
35 to 44	5.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	29.9%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	31.6%	16.9%
75 and over	10.5%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlton	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	98.7%
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	5.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlton	Manchester
No high school diploma	21.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	50.0%	82.0%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlton	Manchester
Drove alone	100.0%	83.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	8.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlton	Manchester
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Carlton	Manchester
Poverty rate	0.0%	44.2%
Average household size	2.11	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1938	1938