Manchester vs Milford

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

Manchester and Milford 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 8,857 in Milford). Milford has the higher median household income ($81,042 vs $77,415 in Manchester). Milford has the higher median home value ($337,900 vs $336,300 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Milford
Population	115,415	8,857
Median age	37.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,415	$81,042
Median home value	$336,300	$337,900
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,388
Housing units	52,391	3,933
Homeownership rate	49.3%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Milford
Population	112,109 → 115,415 (+2.9%)	8,892 → 8,857 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$60,711 → $77,415 (+27.5%)	$73,772 → $81,042 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$227,600 → $336,300 (+47.8%)	$233,800 → $337,900 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,465 (+29.1%)	$1,198 → $1,388 (+15.9%)

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

Milford

Population

8,8928,857

Median household income

$73,772$81,042

Median home value

$233,800$337,900

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,388

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Milford
Under 5	4.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	18.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.2%
75 and over	6.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	93.3%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Milford
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	29.1%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Milford
Drove alone	74.2%	77.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	2.4%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	11.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Milford
1-unit, detached	36.2%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	18.7%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Milford
Poverty rate	10.7%	6.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1964	1977