Affton vs Manchester

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

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

Affton has the higher population (20,035 vs 18,189 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median household income ($92,839 vs $77,337 in Affton). Manchester has the higher median home value ($298,400 vs $200,300 in Affton).

Population, income & housing

	Affton	Manchester
Population	20,035	18,189
Median age	41.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,337	$92,839
Median home value	$200,300	$298,400
Median gross rent	$978	$1,248
Housing units	9,278	7,645
Homeownership rate	80.5%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	62.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Affton	Manchester
Population	20,148 → 20,035 (-0.6%)	18,110 → 18,189 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$60,969 → $77,337 (+26.8%)	$77,983 → $92,839 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$149,300 → $200,300 (+34.2%)	$229,700 → $298,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $978 (+10.5%)	$1,061 → $1,248 (+17.6%)

Affton

Population

20,14820,035

Median household income

$60,969$77,337

Median home value

$149,300$200,300

Median gross rent

$885$978

Manchester

Population

18,11018,189

Median household income

$77,983$92,839

Median home value

$229,700$298,400

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Affton	Manchester
Under 5	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.0%
75 and over	7.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Affton	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	73.1%
Black or African American	2.9%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Affton	Manchester
No high school diploma	7.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	23.6%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Affton	Manchester
Drove alone	76.2%	71.2%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	21.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Affton	Manchester
1-unit, detached	83.5%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	21.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Affton	Manchester
Poverty rate	5.6%	5.7%
Average household size	2.26	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1959	1976