Detroit vs Manchester

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

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

Detroit has the higher population (100 vs 77 in Manchester). Detroit has the higher median household income ($126,000 vs $12,500 in Manchester). Since 2019, Manchester's population has grown faster (-40.8% vs -43.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	Manchester
Population	100	77
Median age	45.6 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$126,000	$12,500
Median home value	$102,800	—
Housing units	38	51
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	Manchester
Population	178 → 100 (-43.8%)	130 → 77 (-40.8%)
Median household income	$26,667 → $126,000 (+372.5%)	$31,458 → $12,500 (-60.3%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $102,800 (+20.9%)	$24,400 → $26,800 (+9.8%)

Detroit

Population

178100

Median household income

$26,667$126,000

Median home value

$85,000$102,800

Manchester

Population

13077

Median household income

$31,458$12,500

Median home value

$24,400$26,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit	Manchester
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	36.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.9%
35 to 44	4.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	29.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	25.0%	16.9%
75 and over	0.0%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	Manchester
No high school diploma	24.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	82.0%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	Manchester
Drove alone	91.9%	83.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	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)

	Detroit	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

	Detroit	Manchester
Poverty rate	11.0%	44.2%
Average household size	2.63	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	17	29
Median year structure built	1951	1938