Manchester vs Milan

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

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

Milan has the higher population (6,070 vs 2,375 in Manchester). Milan has the higher median household income ($93,016 vs $81,393 in Manchester). Milan has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $222,700 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Milan
Population	2,375	6,070
Median age	44.2 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,393	$93,016
Median home value	$222,700	$233,700
Median gross rent	$815	$1,083
Housing units	1,126	2,707
Homeownership rate	79.4%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Milan
Population	1,993 → 2,375 (+19.2%)	6,107 → 6,070 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$59,453 → $81,393 (+36.9%)	$71,402 → $93,016 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $222,700 (+37.0%)	$170,200 → $233,700 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $815 (+20.6%)	$921 → $1,083 (+17.6%)

Manchester

Population

1,9932,375

Median household income

$59,453$81,393

Median home value

$162,500$222,700

Median gross rent

$676$815

Milan

Population

6,1076,070

Median household income

$71,402$93,016

Median home value

$170,200$233,700

Median gross rent

$921$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Milan
Under 5	7.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	18.3%	16.3%
35 to 44	8.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	9.9%
65 to 74	18.1%	11.2%
75 and over	4.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Milan
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Milan
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	19.7%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Milan
Drove alone	75.4%	73.9%
Carpooled	7.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Milan
1-unit, detached	65.5%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	14.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Milan
Poverty rate	6.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1959	1969