Brandermill vs Manchester

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

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

Brandermill has the higher population (13,938 vs 12,347 in Manchester). Brandermill has the higher median household income ($107,748 vs $72,465 in Manchester). Brandermill has the higher median home value ($349,300 vs $286,900 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Brandermill	Manchester
Population	13,938	12,347
Median age	43.4 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$107,748	$72,465
Median home value	$349,300	$286,900
Median gross rent	$1,695	$1,444
Housing units	5,989	5,662
Homeownership rate	72.8%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandermill	Manchester
Population	13,836 → 13,938 (+0.7%)	10,919 → 12,347 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$101,426 → $107,748 (+6.2%)	$63,112 → $72,465 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$257,000 → $349,300 (+35.9%)	$188,500 → $286,900 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,695 (+23.9%)	$1,184 → $1,444 (+22.0%)

Brandermill

Population

13,83613,938

Median household income

$101,426$107,748

Median home value

$257,000$349,300

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,695

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)

	Brandermill	Manchester
Under 5	6.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	18.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.8%
75 and over	10.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandermill	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	43.1%
Black or African American	13.0%	36.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandermill	Manchester
No high school diploma	2.9%	10.9%
High school graduate	17.0%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.4%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandermill	Manchester
Drove alone	71.3%	69.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	19.6%
Other means	0.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandermill	Manchester
1-unit, detached	67.3%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	18.5%
20 or more units	6.0%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Brandermill	Manchester
Poverty rate	7.7%	13.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1987	1981