Manchester is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 59,408 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Manchester is the 15th largest community in Connecticut.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 town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Manchester who work in office and administrative support (12.36%), management occupations (9.47%), and sales jobs (9.39%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Manchester telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.22% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. The citizens of Manchester are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.68% of adults in Manchester have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Manchester in 2022 was $44,157, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $176,628 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 15.92% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Manchester include Irish, Italian, English, German, and Polish. Manchester also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.56%. The most common language spoken in Manchester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
