Bon Air vs Manchester

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

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

Bon Air has the higher population (17,302 vs 12,347 in Manchester). Bon Air has the higher median household income ($97,620 vs $72,465 in Manchester). Bon Air has the higher median home value ($329,200 vs $286,900 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Bon Air	Manchester
Population	17,302	12,347
Median age	42.0 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,620	$72,465
Median home value	$329,200	$286,900
Median gross rent	$1,731	$1,444
Housing units	7,369	5,662
Homeownership rate	72.6%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bon Air	Manchester
Population	18,052 → 17,302 (-4.2%)	10,919 → 12,347 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$81,896 → $97,620 (+19.2%)	$63,112 → $72,465 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$241,000 → $329,200 (+36.6%)	$188,500 → $286,900 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,381 → $1,731 (+25.3%)	$1,184 → $1,444 (+22.0%)

Bon Air

Population

18,05217,302

Median household income

$81,896$97,620

Median home value

$241,000$329,200

Median gross rent

$1,381$1,731

Manchester

Population

10,91912,347

Median household income

$63,112$72,465

Median home value

$188,500$286,900

Median gross rent

$1,184$1,444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bon Air	Manchester
Under 5	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	18.1%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.8%
75 and over	8.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bon Air	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	43.1%
Black or African American	11.3%	36.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bon Air	Manchester
No high school diploma	6.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	14.6%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.6%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bon Air	Manchester
Drove alone	71.6%	69.1%
Carpooled	9.9%	9.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	19.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bon Air	Manchester
1-unit, detached	70.9%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	18.5%
20 or more units	8.5%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Bon Air	Manchester
Poverty rate	6.2%	13.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1975	1981