Manchester vs Meadowbrook

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

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

Meadowbrook has the higher population (20,383 vs 12,347 in Manchester). Meadowbrook has the higher median household income ($79,750 vs $72,465 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median home value ($286,900 vs $262,600 in Meadowbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Meadowbrook
Population	12,347	20,383
Median age	34.8 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,465	$79,750
Median home value	$286,900	$262,600
Median gross rent	$1,444	$1,461
Housing units	5,662	7,590
Homeownership rate	58.4%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Meadowbrook
Population	10,919 → 12,347 (+13.1%)	19,811 → 20,383 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$63,112 → $72,465 (+14.8%)	$64,106 → $79,750 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$188,500 → $286,900 (+52.2%)	$191,500 → $262,600 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,184 → $1,444 (+22.0%)	$1,143 → $1,461 (+27.8%)

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

Meadowbrook

Population

19,81120,383

Median household income

$64,106$79,750

Median home value

$191,500$262,600

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,461

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Meadowbrook
Under 5	5.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.6%
75 and over	4.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Meadowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	24.7%
Black or African American	36.2%	38.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	29.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Meadowbrook
No high school diploma	10.9%	15.7%
High school graduate	19.1%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Meadowbrook
Drove alone	69.1%	69.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	12.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Meadowbrook
1-unit, detached	56.0%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	10.1%
20 or more units	9.2%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Meadowbrook
Poverty rate	13.6%	12.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1981	1979