Dillsburg vs Manchester

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (2,788 vs 2,638 in Dillsburg). Dillsburg has the higher median household income ($80,977 vs $73,472 in Manchester). Dillsburg has the higher median home value ($206,100 vs $184,700 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Dillsburg	Manchester
Population	2,638	2,788
Median age	34.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,977	$73,472
Median home value	$206,100	$184,700
Median gross rent	$964	$1,193
Housing units	1,045	1,331
Homeownership rate	70.5%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dillsburg	Manchester
Population	2,580 → 2,638 (+2.2%)	2,750 → 2,788 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$55,217 → $80,977 (+46.7%)	$60,459 → $73,472 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $206,100 (+26.9%)	$126,400 → $184,700 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $964 (+23.6%)	$882 → $1,193 (+35.3%)

Dillsburg

Population

2,5802,638

Median household income

$55,217$80,977

Median home value

$162,400$206,100

Median gross rent

$780$964

Manchester

Population

2,7502,788

Median household income

$60,459$73,472

Median home value

$126,400$184,700

Median gross rent

$882$1,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dillsburg	Manchester
Under 5	6.3%	8.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	12.4%
25 to 34	16.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	4.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.4%	13.5%
75 and over	4.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dillsburg	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dillsburg	Manchester
No high school diploma	4.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	36.2%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dillsburg	Manchester
Drove alone	78.1%	79.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	10.1%
Other means	1.6%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dillsburg	Manchester
1-unit, detached	50.1%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	9.2%
20 or more units	3.2%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Dillsburg	Manchester
Poverty rate	9.3%	9.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1979	1976