Manchester vs Valley View

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

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

Valley View has the higher population (2,963 vs 2,788 in Manchester). Valley View has the higher median household income ($91,125 vs $73,472 in Manchester). Valley View has the higher median home value ($203,500 vs $184,700 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Valley View
Population	2,788	2,963
Median age	35.3 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,472	$91,125
Median home value	$184,700	$203,500
Median gross rent	$1,193	$1,179
Housing units	1,331	1,211
Homeownership rate	56.4%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Valley View
Population	2,750 → 2,788 (+1.4%)	2,602 → 2,963 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$60,459 → $73,472 (+21.5%)	$61,300 → $91,125 (+48.7%)
Median home value	$126,400 → $184,700 (+46.1%)	$154,500 → $203,500 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,193 (+35.3%)	$1,313 → $1,179 (-10.2%)

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 View

Population

2,6022,963

Median household income

$61,300$91,125

Median home value

$154,500$203,500

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Valley View
Under 5	8.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.4%	21.1%
18 to 24	12.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	4.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	8.2%
75 and over	6.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Valley View
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	74.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Valley View
No high school diploma	10.2%	7.6%
High school graduate	43.1%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Valley View
Drove alone	79.3%	66.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	5.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	15.4%
Other means	3.9%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Valley View
1-unit, detached	58.8%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Valley View
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.7%
Average household size	2.17	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1976	1954