Manchester vs Westminster

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

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

Westminster has the higher population (20,257 vs 5,446 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median household income ($112,679 vs $79,431 in Westminster). Manchester has the higher median home value ($351,500 vs $318,100 in Westminster).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Westminster
Population	5,446	20,257
Median age	40.9 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$112,679	$79,431
Median home value	$351,500	$318,100
Median gross rent	$1,329	$1,410
Housing units	2,052	8,345
Homeownership rate	81.8%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Westminster
Population	4,832 → 5,446 (+12.7%)	18,552 → 20,257 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$95,000 → $112,679 (+18.6%)	$60,518 → $79,431 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$294,500 → $351,500 (+19.4%)	$242,700 → $318,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$962 → $1,329 (+38.1%)	$1,136 → $1,410 (+24.1%)

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

Westminster

Population

18,55220,257

Median household income

$60,518$79,431

Median home value

$242,700$318,100

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,410

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Westminster
Under 5	6.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	14.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.1%
75 and over	9.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	77.8%
Black or African American	3.0%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Westminster
No high school diploma	3.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	28.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Westminster
Drove alone	72.4%	73.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.2%	13.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Westminster
1-unit, detached	77.7%	33.6%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	28.1%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	20.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Westminster
Poverty rate	5.7%	11.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1987	1983