Manchester vs Valley Green

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

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

Valley Green has the higher population (3,121 vs 2,788 in Manchester). Valley Green has the higher median household income ($102,094 vs $73,472 in Manchester). Valley Green has the higher median home value ($211,800 vs $184,700 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Valley Green
Population	2,788	3,121
Median age	35.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,472	$102,094
Median home value	$184,700	$211,800
Median gross rent	$1,193	—
Housing units	1,331	1,333
Homeownership rate	56.4%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Valley Green
Population	2,750 → 2,788 (+1.4%)	3,785 → 3,121 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$60,459 → $73,472 (+21.5%)	$70,412 → $102,094 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$126,400 → $184,700 (+46.1%)	$146,900 → $211,800 (+44.2%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,193 (+35.3%)	$1,276 → $1,568 (+22.9%)

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

Valley Green

Population

3,7853,121

Median household income

$70,412$102,094

Median home value

$146,900$211,800

Median gross rent

$1,276$1,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Valley Green
Under 5	8.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	12.4%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	17.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	4.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	21.2%
65 to 74	13.5%	7.3%
75 and over	6.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Valley Green
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	96.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Valley Green
No high school diploma	10.2%	1.0%
High school graduate	43.1%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Valley Green
Drove alone	79.3%	88.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	4.4%
Other means	3.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Valley Green
1-unit, detached	58.8%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	32.1%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Valley Green
Poverty rate	9.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1976	1980