Bangor Base vs Manchester

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (6,018 vs 5,931 in Bangor Base). Manchester has the higher median household income ($108,242 vs $84,485 in Bangor Base). Since 2019, Manchester's population has grown faster (+6.1% vs -8.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bangor Base	Manchester
Population	5,931	6,018
Median age	22.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,485	$108,242
Median home value	—	$464,500
Median gross rent	$2,314	$1,643
Housing units	1,161	2,332
Homeownership rate	1.0%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangor Base	Manchester
Population	6,506 → 5,931 (-8.8%)	5,673 → 6,018 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$57,134 → $84,485 (+47.9%)	$80,045 → $108,242 (+35.2%)
Median home value	—	$290,500 → $464,500 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,656 → $2,314 (+39.7%)	$1,387 → $1,643 (+18.5%)

Bangor Base

Population

6,5065,931

Median household income

$57,134$84,485

Median gross rent

$1,656$2,314

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)

	Bangor Base	Manchester
Under 5	10.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	37.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	23.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	18.0%
45 to 54	2.6%	6.1%
55 to 64	0.8%	21.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.5%
75 and over	0.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangor Base	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	75.3%
Black or African American	9.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.4%
Asian	2.5%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.9%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangor Base	Manchester
No high school diploma	2.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	17.2%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	55.4%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangor Base	Manchester
Drove alone	40.0%	73.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.6%
Public transit	7.5%	8.5%
Walked	34.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	10.8%
Other means	1.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangor Base	Manchester
1-unit, detached	11.9%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	47.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	34.5%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Bangor Base	Manchester
Poverty rate	2.7%	15.0%
Average household size	3.41	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	16	34
Median year structure built	1979	1987