Defiance vs Manns Choice

A side-by-side comparison of Defiance and Manns Choice: population, income, housing, and more.

Defiance and Manns Choice are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Defiance has the higher population (335 vs 315 in Manns Choice). Defiance has the higher median household income ($87,986 vs $53,125 in Manns Choice). Manns Choice has the higher median home value ($92,800 vs $89,500 in Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Manns Choice
Population	335	315
Median age	32.1 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$87,986	$53,125
Median home value	$89,500	$92,800
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	96	106
Homeownership rate	84.7%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	20.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Manns Choice
Population	346 → 335 (-3.2%)	241 → 315 (+30.7%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $87,986 (+61.8%)	$41,932 → $53,125 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $89,500 (+1.8%)	$104,900 → $92,800 (-11.5%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $780 (+0.0%)	$825 → $950 (+15.2%)

Defiance

Population

346335

Median household income

$54,375$87,986

Median home value

$87,900$89,500

Median gross rent

$780$780

Manns Choice

Population

241315

Median household income

$41,932$53,125

Median home value

$104,900$92,800

Median gross rent

$825$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Manns Choice
Under 5	9.0%	12.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	18.2%	7.6%
35 to 44	3.6%	17.1%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	26.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	12.1%
75 and over	2.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Manns Choice
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.1%
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%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	Manns Choice
No high school diploma	4.2%	12.6%
High school graduate	59.2%	63.4%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Manns Choice
Drove alone	92.5%	90.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Manns Choice
1-unit, detached	87.5%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Manns Choice
Poverty rate	3.1%	17.5%
Average household size	3.94	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1938	1943