Manchester vs Whitmore Lake

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

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

Whitmore Lake has the higher population (8,083 vs 2,375 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median household income ($81,393 vs $78,038 in Whitmore Lake). Whitmore Lake has the higher median home value ($270,300 vs $222,700 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Whitmore Lake
Population	2,375	8,083
Median age	44.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,393	$78,038
Median home value	$222,700	$270,300
Median gross rent	$815	$1,268
Housing units	1,126	3,723
Homeownership rate	79.4%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Whitmore Lake
Population	1,993 → 2,375 (+19.2%)	6,618 → 8,083 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$59,453 → $81,393 (+36.9%)	$61,004 → $78,038 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $222,700 (+37.0%)	$174,800 → $270,300 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $815 (+20.6%)	$986 → $1,268 (+28.6%)

Manchester

Population

1,9932,375

Median household income

$59,453$81,393

Median home value

$162,500$222,700

Median gross rent

$676$815

Whitmore Lake

Population

6,6188,083

Median household income

$61,004$78,038

Median home value

$174,800$270,300

Median gross rent

$986$1,268

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Whitmore Lake
Under 5	7.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.2%	13.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	18.3%	17.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	18.1%	8.8%
75 and over	4.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Whitmore Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Whitmore Lake
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	19.7%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Whitmore Lake
Drove alone	75.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	4.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Whitmore Lake
1-unit, detached	65.5%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	2.4%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Whitmore Lake
Poverty rate	6.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1959	1986