East Merrimack vs Manchester

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

East Merrimack and Manchester are places in New Hampshire. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Manchester has the higher population (115,415 vs 4,872 in East Merrimack). East Merrimack has the higher median household income ($82,829 vs $77,415 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median home value ($336,300 vs $267,900 in East Merrimack).

Population, income & housing

	East Merrimack	Manchester
Population	4,872	115,415
Median age	41.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,829	$77,415
Median home value	$267,900	$336,300
Median gross rent	$1,780	$1,465
Housing units	2,590	52,391
Homeownership rate	67.4%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Merrimack	Manchester
Population	4,449 → 4,872 (+9.5%)	112,109 → 115,415 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$50,475 → $82,829 (+64.1%)	$60,711 → $77,415 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $267,900 (+54.7%)	$227,600 → $336,300 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,780 (+35.8%)	$1,135 → $1,465 (+29.1%)

East Merrimack

Population

4,4494,872

Median household income

$50,475$82,829

Median home value

$173,200$267,900

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,780

Manchester

Population

112,109115,415

Median household income

$60,711$77,415

Median home value

$227,600$336,300

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,465

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Merrimack	Manchester
Under 5	3.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	10.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	22.3%	18.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.7%
75 and over	7.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Merrimack	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Merrimack	Manchester
No high school diploma	6.4%	11.3%
High school graduate	22.5%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Merrimack	Manchester
Drove alone	72.5%	74.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	18.4%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Merrimack	Manchester
1-unit, detached	18.2%	36.2%
1-unit, attached	32.9%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	25.8%
5 to 19 units	19.7%	14.0%
20 or more units	23.0%	18.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	East Merrimack	Manchester
Poverty rate	6.9%	10.7%
Average household size	1.92	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1984	1964