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Manchester, CT
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Manchester profile


Living in Manchester



Manchester is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 59,461 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Manchester is the 15th largest community in Connecticut.

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: 11.85% 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 thing noticeable about Manchester, although not a huge town, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Manchester is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Manchester a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

The population of Manchester is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.93% of adults in Manchester have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Manchester in 2018 was $43,140, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $172,560 for a family of four. However, Manchester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Manchester is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. 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 17.20% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Manchester include Irish, Italian, English, German, and French.

In addition, Manchester has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.63%).

The most common language spoken in Manchester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.