Eldersburg vs Manchester

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

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

Eldersburg has the higher population (30,626 vs 5,446 in Manchester). Eldersburg has the higher median household income ($146,598 vs $112,679 in Manchester). Eldersburg has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $351,500 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Eldersburg	Manchester
Population	30,626	5,446
Median age	39.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$146,598	$112,679
Median home value	$478,800	$351,500
Median gross rent	$1,655	$1,329
Housing units	11,011	2,052
Homeownership rate	88.5%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldersburg	Manchester
Population	31,108 → 30,626 (-1.5%)	4,832 → 5,446 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$120,688 → $146,598 (+21.5%)	$95,000 → $112,679 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$386,700 → $478,800 (+23.8%)	$294,500 → $351,500 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,655 (+43.5%)	$962 → $1,329 (+38.1%)

Eldersburg

Population

31,10830,626

Median household income

$120,688$146,598

Median home value

$386,700$478,800

Median gross rent

$1,153$1,655

Manchester

Population

4,8325,446

Median household income

$95,000$112,679

Median home value

$294,500$351,500

Median gross rent

$962$1,329

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldersburg	Manchester
Under 5	5.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.5%
75 and over	6.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldersburg	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	84.5%
Black or African American	4.8%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	3.9%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldersburg	Manchester
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	17.5%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldersburg	Manchester
Drove alone	75.0%	72.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	15.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldersburg	Manchester
1-unit, detached	82.2%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	4.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eldersburg	Manchester
Poverty rate	4.2%	5.7%
Average household size	2.77	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	1988	1987