Manchester is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 5,484 people and three associated neighborhoods, Manchester is the 118th largest community in Maryland.Manchester is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.54% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Manchester is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Manchester who work in management occupations (18.43%), sales jobs (11.43%), and office and administrative support (11.10%). Also of interest is that Manchester has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.97% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Manchester is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Manchester, the average commute to work is 34.89 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Manchester does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Manchester are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.26% of adults in Manchester have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Manchester in 2022 was $47,720, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $190,880 for a family of four. 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Manchester include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Manchester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Arabic.
