Bainbridge Island vs Manchester

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

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

Bainbridge Island has the higher population (24,607 vs 6,018 in Manchester). Bainbridge Island has the higher median household income ($159,882 vs $108,242 in Manchester). Bainbridge Island has the higher median home value ($1,076,200 vs $464,500 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Bainbridge Island	Manchester
Population	24,607	6,018
Median age	49.0 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$159,882	$108,242
Median home value	$1,076,200	$464,500
Median gross rent	$2,081	$1,643
Housing units	10,728	2,332
Homeownership rate	81.2%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.0%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bainbridge Island	Manchester
Population	24,486 → 24,607 (+0.5%)	5,673 → 6,018 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$117,990 → $159,882 (+35.5%)	$80,045 → $108,242 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$705,400 → $1,076,200 (+52.6%)	$290,500 → $464,500 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,555 → $2,081 (+33.8%)	$1,387 → $1,643 (+18.5%)

Bainbridge Island

Population

24,48624,607

Median household income

$117,990$159,882

Median home value

$705,400$1,076,200

Median gross rent

$1,555$2,081

Manchester

Population

5,6736,018

Median household income

$80,045$108,242

Median home value

$290,500$464,500

Median gross rent

$1,387$1,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bainbridge Island	Manchester
Under 5	4.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	4.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	21.1%
65 to 74	17.6%	10.5%
75 and over	8.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bainbridge Island	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	3.9%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bainbridge Island	Manchester
No high school diploma	0.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	7.2%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	39.6%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	35.4%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bainbridge Island	Manchester
Drove alone	37.5%	73.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.6%
Public transit	17.8%	8.5%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.7%	10.8%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bainbridge Island	Manchester
1-unit, detached	78.4%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Bainbridge Island	Manchester
Poverty rate	2.7%	15.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	39	34
Median year structure built	1989	1987