Manchester vs Shortsville

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

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

Shortsville has the higher population (1,806 vs 1,655 in Manchester). Shortsville has the higher median household income ($86,154 vs $61,172 in Manchester). Shortsville has the higher median home value ($129,500 vs $106,500 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Shortsville
Population	1,655	1,806
Median age	39.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,172	$86,154
Median home value	$106,500	$129,500
Median gross rent	$1,188	$873
Housing units	743	712
Homeownership rate	80.3%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Shortsville
Population	1,798 → 1,655 (-8.0%)	1,403 → 1,806 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$53,553 → $61,172 (+14.2%)	$68,529 → $86,154 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $106,500 (+12.6%)	$110,200 → $129,500 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$888 → $1,188 (+33.8%)	$696 → $873 (+25.4%)

Manchester

Population

1,7981,655

Median household income

$53,553$61,172

Median home value

$94,600$106,500

Median gross rent

$888$1,188

Shortsville

Population

1,4031,806

Median household income

$68,529$86,154

Median home value

$110,200$129,500

Median gross rent

$696$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Shortsville
Under 5	6.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	22.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.7%
75 and over	9.7%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Shortsville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Shortsville
No high school diploma	5.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	37.7%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Shortsville
Drove alone	80.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	16.5%
Other means	2.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Shortsville
1-unit, detached	56.3%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Shortsville
Poverty rate	10.8%	5.8%
Average household size	2.33	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1959	1938