Concord vs Manchester

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (18,189 vs 18,028 in Concord). Manchester has the higher median household income ($92,839 vs $84,389 in Concord). Manchester has the higher median home value ($298,400 vs $279,400 in Concord).

Population, income & housing

	Concord	Manchester
Population	18,028	18,189
Median age	43.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,389	$92,839
Median home value	$279,400	$298,400
Median gross rent	$1,166	$1,248
Housing units	7,793	7,645
Homeownership rate	84.7%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	62.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Concord	Manchester
Population	17,912 → 18,028 (+0.6%)	18,110 → 18,189 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$75,831 → $84,389 (+11.3%)	$77,983 → $92,839 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$204,100 → $279,400 (+36.9%)	$229,700 → $298,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,166 (+8.0%)	$1,061 → $1,248 (+17.6%)

Concord

Population

17,91218,028

Median household income

$75,831$84,389

Median home value

$204,100$279,400

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,166

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)

	Concord	Manchester
Under 5	4.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.0%
75 and over	11.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Concord	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	73.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Concord	Manchester
No high school diploma	3.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	23.6%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Concord	Manchester
Drove alone	80.1%	71.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	21.8%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Concord	Manchester
1-unit, detached	81.6%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	21.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Concord	Manchester
Poverty rate	4.3%	5.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1968	1976