Manhattan vs Riley

A side-by-side comparison of Manhattan and Riley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manhattan has the higher population (53,951 vs 826 in Riley). Riley has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $58,441 in Manhattan). Manhattan has the higher median home value ($243,700 vs $164,000 in Riley).

Population, income & housing

	Manhattan	Riley
Population	53,951	826
Median age	25.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,441	$78,125
Median home value	$243,700	$164,000
Median gross rent	$1,019	$1,301
Housing units	24,334	388
Homeownership rate	41.3%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manhattan	Riley
Population	55,290 → 53,951 (-2.4%)	1,421 → 826 (-41.9%)
Median household income	$50,537 → $58,441 (+15.6%)	$53,257 → $78,125 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$209,700 → $243,700 (+16.2%)	$139,800 → $164,000 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,019 (+12.0%)	$810 → $1,301 (+60.6%)

Manhattan

Population

55,29053,951

Median household income

$50,537$58,441

Median home value

$209,700$243,700

Median gross rent

$910$1,019

Riley

Population

1,421826

Median household income

$53,257$78,125

Median home value

$139,800$164,000

Median gross rent

$810$1,301

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manhattan	Riley
Under 5	4.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	10.8%	21.7%
18 to 24	34.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	19.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	7.4%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.2%	9.8%
75 and over	3.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manhattan	Riley
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	91.0%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manhattan	Riley
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	13.8%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manhattan	Riley
Drove alone	68.5%	72.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	15.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	8.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manhattan	Riley
1-unit, detached	44.9%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	22.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	9.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Manhattan	Riley
Poverty rate	26.1%	2.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1983	1966