Chelsea vs Manchester

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

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

Chelsea has the higher population (5,420 vs 2,375 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median household income ($81,393 vs $71,702 in Chelsea). Chelsea has the higher median home value ($301,100 vs $222,700 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Manchester
Population	5,420	2,375
Median age	50.8 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,702	$81,393
Median home value	$301,100	$222,700
Median gross rent	$1,543	$815
Housing units	2,734	1,126
Homeownership rate	62.6%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Manchester
Population	5,331 → 5,420 (+1.7%)	1,993 → 2,375 (+19.2%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $71,702 (-14.4%)	$59,453 → $81,393 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $301,100 (+26.8%)	$162,500 → $222,700 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,084 → $1,543 (+42.3%)	$676 → $815 (+20.6%)

Chelsea

Population

5,3315,420

Median household income

$83,750$71,702

Median home value

$237,500$301,100

Median gross rent

$1,084$1,543

Manchester

Population

1,9932,375

Median household income

$59,453$81,393

Median home value

$162,500$222,700

Median gross rent

$676$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Manchester
Under 5	3.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	18.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	14.7%	18.1%
75 and over	18.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Manchester
No high school diploma	2.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	11.2%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Manchester
Drove alone	69.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.2%	14.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Manchester
1-unit, detached	61.1%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	13.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Manchester
Poverty rate	3.8%	6.5%
Average household size	1.95	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1970	1959