Hope vs Manchester

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

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

Hope has the higher population (463 vs 77 in Manchester). Hope has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $12,500 in Manchester). Since 2019, Hope's population has grown faster (+15.8% vs -40.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Hope	Manchester
Population	463	77
Median age	39.4 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$12,500
Median home value	$105,900	—
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	199	51
Homeownership rate	77.9%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	20.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope	Manchester
Population	400 → 463 (+15.8%)	130 → 77 (-40.8%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $48,750 (+11.4%)	$31,458 → $12,500 (-60.3%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $105,900 (+43.9%)	$24,400 → $26,800 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $725 (+36.8%)	—

Hope

Population

400463

Median household income

$43,750$48,750

Median home value

$73,600$105,900

Median gross rent

$530$725

Manchester

Population

13077

Median household income

$31,458$12,500

Median home value

$24,400$26,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hope	Manchester
Under 5	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.3%	3.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	29.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	10.4%
65 to 74	6.0%	16.9%
75 and over	5.4%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope	Manchester
No high school diploma	16.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	82.0%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	14.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope	Manchester
Drove alone	92.2%	83.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	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	1.3%	8.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope	Manchester
1-unit, detached	81.9%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Hope	Manchester
Poverty rate	36.5%	44.2%
Average household size	2.69	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1955	1938