Manchester vs Midlothian

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

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

Midlothian has the higher population (18,702 vs 12,347 in Manchester). Midlothian has the higher median household income ($105,927 vs $72,465 in Manchester). Midlothian has the higher median home value ($381,600 vs $286,900 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Midlothian
Population	12,347	18,702
Median age	34.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,465	$105,927
Median home value	$286,900	$381,600
Median gross rent	$1,444	$1,764
Housing units	5,662	7,625
Homeownership rate	58.4%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	58.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Midlothian
Population	10,919 → 12,347 (+13.1%)	18,054 → 18,702 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$63,112 → $72,465 (+14.8%)	$94,984 → $105,927 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$188,500 → $286,900 (+52.2%)	$333,100 → $381,600 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,184 → $1,444 (+22.0%)	$1,466 → $1,764 (+20.3%)

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

Midlothian

Population

18,05418,702

Median household income

$94,984$105,927

Median home value

$333,100$381,600

Median gross rent

$1,466$1,764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Midlothian
Under 5	5.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	18.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.7%
75 and over	4.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Midlothian
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	70.9%
Black or African American	36.2%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Midlothian
No high school diploma	10.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	19.1%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Midlothian
Drove alone	69.1%	77.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	19.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Midlothian
1-unit, detached	56.0%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	17.4%
20 or more units	9.2%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Midlothian
Poverty rate	13.6%	3.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1981	2001