Manchester vs Taneytown

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

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

Taneytown has the higher population (7,295 vs 5,446 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median household income ($112,679 vs $78,726 in Taneytown). Manchester has the higher median home value ($351,500 vs $323,700 in Taneytown).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Taneytown
Population	5,446	7,295
Median age	40.9 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$112,679	$78,726
Median home value	$351,500	$323,700
Median gross rent	$1,329	$799
Housing units	2,052	2,960
Homeownership rate	81.8%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Taneytown
Population	4,832 → 5,446 (+12.7%)	6,787 → 7,295 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$95,000 → $112,679 (+18.6%)	$73,649 → $78,726 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$294,500 → $351,500 (+19.4%)	$252,700 → $323,700 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,329 (+38.1%)	$1,028 → $799 (-22.3%)

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

Taneytown

Population

6,7877,295

Median household income

$73,649$78,726

Median home value

$252,700$323,700

Median gross rent

$1,028$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Taneytown
Under 5	6.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.0%
75 and over	9.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Taneytown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	85.3%
Black or African American	3.0%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Taneytown
No high school diploma	3.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	28.5%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Taneytown
Drove alone	72.4%	77.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	10.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Taneytown
1-unit, detached	77.7%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	21.8%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Taneytown
Poverty rate	5.7%	12.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	33	37
Median year structure built	1987	1992