Manchester vs Port Orchard

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

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

Port Orchard has the higher population (16,398 vs 6,018 in Manchester). Manchester has the higher median household income ($108,242 vs $81,472 in Port Orchard). Port Orchard has the higher median home value ($492,000 vs $464,500 in Manchester).

Population, income & housing

	Manchester	Port Orchard
Population	6,018	16,398
Median age	40.4 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$108,242	$81,472
Median home value	$464,500	$492,000
Median gross rent	$1,643	$1,760
Housing units	2,332	7,061
Homeownership rate	79.5%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manchester	Port Orchard
Population	5,673 → 6,018 (+6.1%)	14,062 → 16,398 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$80,045 → $108,242 (+35.2%)	$69,962 → $81,472 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$290,500 → $464,500 (+59.9%)	$324,200 → $492,000 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,387 → $1,643 (+18.5%)	$1,225 → $1,760 (+43.7%)

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

Port Orchard

Population

14,06216,398

Median household income

$69,962$81,472

Median home value

$324,200$492,000

Median gross rent

$1,225$1,760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manchester	Port Orchard
Under 5	2.8%	8.8%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	8.1%	21.0%
35 to 44	18.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	6.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	21.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.9%
75 and over	4.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manchester	Port Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	71.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	4.7%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	2.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manchester	Port Orchard
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	24.7%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manchester	Port Orchard
Drove alone	73.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	10.1%
Public transit	8.5%	7.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	9.2%
Other means	2.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manchester	Port Orchard
1-unit, detached	88.9%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Manchester	Port Orchard
Poverty rate	15.0%	13.8%
Average household size	2.71	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1987	1995