Manvel is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 19,309 people and five associated neighborhoods, Manvel is the 251st largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Manvel, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Manvel, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Manvel’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Manvel does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $118,808.00.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.27% 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.

Because of many things, Manvel is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Manvel really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Manvel perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

In Manvel, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.36 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small city, Manvel does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Manvel ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Manvel, 40.68% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Manvel in 2022 was $43,427, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $173,708 for a family of four. However, Manvel contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Manvel is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Manvel home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Manvel residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Manvel also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.14% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Manvel include Irish, German, English, Ukrainian, and Dutch.

Manvel also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.69%.

The most common language spoken in Manvel is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.