Manchester vs Sykesville

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (5,446 vs 4,346 in Sykesville). Sykesville has the higher median household income ($135,692 vs $112,679 in Manchester). Sykesville has the higher median home value ($398,600 vs $351,500 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Sykesville
Population	5,446	4,346
Median age	40.9 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$112,679	$135,692
Median home value	$351,500	$398,600
Median gross rent	$1,329	$1,703
Housing units	2,052	1,601
Homeownership rate	81.8%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	51.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Sykesville
Population	4,832 → 5,446 (+12.7%)	3,939 → 4,346 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$95,000 → $112,679 (+18.6%)	$109,393 → $135,692 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$294,500 → $351,500 (+19.4%)	$379,500 → $398,600 (+5.0%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,329 (+38.1%)	$1,356 → $1,703 (+25.6%)

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

Sykesville

Population

3,9394,346

Median household income

$109,393$135,692

Median home value

$379,500$398,600

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Sykesville
Under 5	6.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	6.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.9%
75 and over	9.4%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Sykesville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	75.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	15.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Sykesville
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	28.5%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Sykesville
Drove alone	72.4%	85.3%
Carpooled	11.7%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	7.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Sykesville
1-unit, detached	77.7%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	28.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Sykesville
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1987	1986