Manns Harbor vs Wanchese

A side-by-side comparison of Manns Harbor and Wanchese: population, income, housing, and more.

Manns Harbor and Wanchese are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wanchese has the higher population (1,793 vs 972 in Manns Harbor). Wanchese has the higher median household income ($73,542 vs $27,087 in Manns Harbor). Wanchese has the higher median home value ($257,100 vs $205,100 in Manns Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Manns Harbor	Wanchese
Population	972	1,793
Median age	30.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$27,087	$73,542
Median home value	$205,100	$257,100
Median gross rent	$1,164	$1,031
Housing units	546	772
Homeownership rate	58.7%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manns Harbor	Wanchese
Population	782 → 972 (+24.3%)	1,732 → 1,793 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$48,945 → $27,087 (-44.7%)	$55,799 → $73,542 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$151,100 → $205,100 (+35.7%)	$218,500 → $257,100 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,164 (+16.9%)	$1,099 → $1,031 (-6.2%)

Manns Harbor

Population

782972

Median household income

$48,945$27,087

Median home value

$151,100$205,100

Median gross rent

$996$1,164

Wanchese

Population

1,7321,793

Median household income

$55,799$73,542

Median home value

$218,500$257,100

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manns Harbor	Wanchese
Under 5	10.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	2.4%	3.3%
25 to 34	17.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	4.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	5.2%	11.2%
75 and over	14.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manns Harbor	Wanchese
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manns Harbor	Wanchese
No high school diploma	11.9%	7.4%
High school graduate	42.7%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manns Harbor	Wanchese
Drove alone	80.1%	75.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manns Harbor	Wanchese
1-unit, detached	45.8%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	54.2%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Manns Harbor	Wanchese
Poverty rate	23.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1985	1985