Manchester is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,823 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 (20.20%), sales jobs (12.34%), and business and financial occupations (4.88%). 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 13.66% 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. In Manchester, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.27 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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 citizens of Manchester are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.67% of adults in Manchester having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Manchester in 2022 was $36,408, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $145,632 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 Asian. Manchester also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.09% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Manchester include German, Irish, French, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Manchester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
