Manchester vs Old Jamestown

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

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

Old Jamestown has the higher population (21,121 vs 18,189 in Manchester). Old Jamestown has the higher median household income ($107,250 vs $92,839 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median home value ($298,400 vs $230,100 in Old Jamestown).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Old Jamestown
Population	18,189	21,121
Median age	38.5 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$92,839	$107,250
Median home value	$298,400	$230,100
Median gross rent	$1,248	$1,706
Housing units	7,645	7,232
Homeownership rate	72.3%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.1%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Old Jamestown
Population	18,110 → 18,189 (+0.4%)	19,777 → 21,121 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$77,983 → $92,839 (+19.1%)	$88,904 → $107,250 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$229,700 → $298,400 (+29.9%)	$176,800 → $230,100 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,061 → $1,248 (+17.6%)	$1,432 → $1,706 (+19.1%)

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

Old Jamestown

Population

19,77721,121

Median household income

$88,904$107,250

Median home value

$176,800$230,100

Median gross rent

$1,432$1,706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Old Jamestown
Under 5	6.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	7.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.0%
75 and over	6.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Old Jamestown
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	20.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	66.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Old Jamestown
No high school diploma	3.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	13.1%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Old Jamestown
Drove alone	71.2%	70.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.8%	20.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Old Jamestown
1-unit, detached	69.4%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Old Jamestown
Poverty rate	5.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.45	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1976	1985