East Port Orchard vs Manchester

A side-by-side comparison of East Port Orchard and Manchester: population, income, housing, and more.

East Port Orchard 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 5,581 in East Port Orchard). Manchester has the higher median household income ($108,242 vs $72,639 in East Port Orchard). Manchester has the higher median home value ($464,500 vs $394,100 in East Port Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	East Port Orchard	Manchester
Population	5,581	6,018
Median age	38.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,639	$108,242
Median home value	$394,100	$464,500
Median gross rent	$1,632	$1,643
Housing units	2,147	2,332
Homeownership rate	58.1%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Port Orchard	Manchester
Population	5,407 → 5,581 (+3.2%)	5,673 → 6,018 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $72,639 (+12.8%)	$80,045 → $108,242 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$234,300 → $394,100 (+68.2%)	$290,500 → $464,500 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,297 → $1,632 (+25.8%)	$1,387 → $1,643 (+18.5%)

East Port Orchard

Population

5,4075,581

Median household income

$64,375$72,639

Median home value

$234,300$394,100

Median gross rent

$1,297$1,632

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)

	East Port Orchard	Manchester
Under 5	3.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	13.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	17.0%	18.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	6.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	21.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.5%
75 and over	3.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Port Orchard	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	75.3%
Black or African American	5.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.4%
Asian	8.0%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Port Orchard	Manchester
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	29.6%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Port Orchard	Manchester
Drove alone	77.3%	73.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.6%
Public transit	8.2%	8.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	10.8%
Other means	1.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Port Orchard	Manchester
1-unit, detached	67.1%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	East Port Orchard	Manchester
Poverty rate	11.4%	15.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1978	1987