Lemay vs Manchester

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

Lemay 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 16,431 in Lemay). Manchester has the higher median household income ($92,839 vs $59,026 in Lemay). Manchester has the higher median home value ($298,400 vs $139,100 in Lemay).

Population, income & housing

	Lemay	Manchester
Population	16,431	18,189
Median age	35.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,026	$92,839
Median home value	$139,100	$298,400
Median gross rent	$879	$1,248
Housing units	7,197	7,645
Homeownership rate	78.7%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	62.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemay	Manchester
Population	16,918 → 16,431 (-2.9%)	18,110 → 18,189 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$49,938 → $59,026 (+18.2%)	$77,983 → $92,839 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$105,500 → $139,100 (+31.8%)	$229,700 → $298,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $879 (+3.4%)	$1,061 → $1,248 (+17.6%)

Lemay

Population

16,91816,431

Median household income

$49,938$59,026

Median home value

$105,500$139,100

Median gross rent

$850$879

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)

	Lemay	Manchester
Under 5	6.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	18.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.0%
75 and over	4.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemay	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	73.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemay	Manchester
No high school diploma	13.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	32.6%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemay	Manchester
Drove alone	78.9%	71.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	21.8%
Other means	0.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lemay	Manchester
1-unit, detached	81.0%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	21.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lemay	Manchester
Poverty rate	14.3%	5.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1954	1976