† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupManchesterMarylandUnited States
German23.5%11.4%12.5%
Irish17.9%9.3%9.4%
English14.0%8.5%9.5%
American11.7%4.1%5.3%
Italian7.3%4.4%4.8%
Polish4.0%2.6%2.2%
Scottish2.1%1.1%1.3%
French1.4%1.1%1.6%
Asian Indian0.9%1.7%1.4%
Filipino0.9%0.9%0.9%
Chinese0.5%1.3%1.3%
Korean0.5%0.8%0.4%
Pakistani0.5%0.3%—
African American†1.5%23.6%9.9%
Mexican0.8%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.4%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%3.5%0.7%
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%1.2%0.5%
Peruvian0.2%0.3%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Manchester
Maryland
United States
Median age
39.9
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.3%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Manchester
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$121,676
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
4.8%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
37.0%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Manchester
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.9%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
1.8%
9.6%
13.6%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.7%
0.6%
0.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Manchester
Maryland
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
56.6%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Manchester, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−48.8%
2008
−40.4%
2012
−43.6%
2016
−50.5%
2020
−42.5%
2024
−40.3%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
28.5%Harris873
68.8%Trump2,110
2.7%
R+40.3
D+2.2
R+38.9
3,066
R
27.7%Biden879
70.3%Trump2,228
2.0%
R+42.5
D+7.9
R+47.0
3,171
R
21.2%Clinton619
71.7%Trump2,091
7.1%
R+50.5
R+6.9
R+52.6
2,916
R
26.6%Obama722
70.2%Romney1,907
3.2%
R+43.6
R+3.2
R+47.5
2,717
R
28.7%Obama747
69.1%McCain1,798
2.2%
R+40.4
D+8.4
R+47.6
2,603
R
24.7%Kerry612
73.5%Bush1,823
1.9%
R+48.8
—
R+46.4
2,481
Manchester sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 50.5 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.3 points.
A population of 5,439, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $121,676 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Taneytown and Unionville.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Manchester, Maryland voted Republican by 40.3 points (R+40.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,066 votes cast, 873 went Democratic and 2,110 went Republican.
How many people live in Manchester, Maryland?
Manchester, Maryland has a population of 5,439 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Manchester, Maryland?
Median household income in Manchester, Maryland is $121,676 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Manchester, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Manchester, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
