Manchester is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,788 people and two associated neighborhoods, Manchester is the 525th largest community in Pennsylvania.Manchester is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Manchester is a borough of managers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Manchester who work in management occupations (22.86%), sales jobs (13.39%), and office and administrative support (6.10%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.10% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 30.42 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small borough, Manchester does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Manchester overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Manchester, 22.55% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Manchester in 2022 was $36,342, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $145,368 for a family of four. However, Manchester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Manchester is a very ethnically-diverse borough. 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. Manchester also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.36% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Manchester include German, Irish, Italian, French, and English. The most common language spoken in Manchester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
