Manchester is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 3,551 people and two associated neighborhoods, Manchester is the 190th largest community in Georgia.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Manchester is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.73% of the Manchester workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Manchester is a city of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Manchester who work in business and financial occupations (12.68%), sales jobs (7.62%), and office and administrative support (6.30%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Manchester has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Manchester has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Manchester than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Manchester may be for you. One downside of living in Manchester, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.47 minutes every day commuting to work. In Manchester, just 10.89% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Manchester in 2022 was $22,685, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,740 for a family of four. However, Manchester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Manchester is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Manchester home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Manchester residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Manchester include English, Irish, German, European, and Northern European. The most common language spoken in Manchester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Italian.
