Manchester vs Spanish Lake

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

Manchester and Spanish Lake 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 18,183 in Spanish Lake). Manchester has the higher median household income ($92,839 vs $51,125 in Spanish Lake). Manchester has the higher median home value ($298,400 vs $121,300 in Spanish Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Spanish Lake
Population	18,189	18,183
Median age	38.5 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$92,839	$51,125
Median home value	$298,400	$121,300
Median gross rent	$1,248	$1,073
Housing units	7,645	8,876
Homeownership rate	72.3%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.1%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Spanish Lake
Population	18,110 → 18,189 (+0.4%)	17,485 → 18,183 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$77,983 → $92,839 (+19.1%)	$37,153 → $51,125 (+37.6%)
Median home value	$229,700 → $298,400 (+29.9%)	$98,800 → $121,300 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,061 → $1,248 (+17.6%)	$815 → $1,073 (+31.7%)

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

Spanish Lake

Population

17,48518,183

Median household income

$37,153$51,125

Median home value

$98,800$121,300

Median gross rent

$815$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Spanish Lake
Under 5	6.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.4%
75 and over	6.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Spanish Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	13.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	81.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	11.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Spanish Lake
No high school diploma	3.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	13.1%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Spanish Lake
Drove alone	71.2%	72.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	13.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	10.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Spanish Lake
1-unit, detached	69.4%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Spanish Lake
Poverty rate	5.7%	17.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1976	1969