Manchester vs Mount Airy

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

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

Mount Airy has the higher population (9,746 vs 5,446 in Manchester). Mount Airy has the higher median household income ($154,514 vs $112,679 in Manchester). Mount Airy has the higher median home value ($474,800 vs $351,500 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Mount Airy
Population	5,446	9,746
Median age	40.9 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,679	$154,514
Median home value	$351,500	$474,800
Median gross rent	$1,329	$1,939
Housing units	2,052	3,331
Homeownership rate	81.8%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Mount Airy
Population	4,832 → 5,446 (+12.7%)	9,397 → 9,746 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$95,000 → $112,679 (+18.6%)	$125,365 → $154,514 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$294,500 → $351,500 (+19.4%)	$371,500 → $474,800 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,329 (+38.1%)	$1,580 → $1,939 (+22.7%)

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

Mount Airy

Population

9,3979,746

Median household income

$125,365$154,514

Median home value

$371,500$474,800

Median gross rent

$1,580$1,939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Mount Airy
Under 5	6.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.4%
75 and over	9.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Mount Airy
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	82.1%
Black or African American	3.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Mount Airy
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	28.5%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Mount Airy
Drove alone	72.4%	73.9%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	16.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Mount Airy
1-unit, detached	77.7%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	25.9%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Mount Airy
Poverty rate	5.7%	2.3%
Average household size	2.60	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1987	1995