City safety & data profile

ManchesterNH

Manchester, NH is a 110K-resident city in Hillsborough County with a median household income of $81,007.

Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Manchester, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Manchester has a population larger than 93% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $365,600, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

110K
Population (place)
Top 7%
By size
$81,007
Median income (place)
$365,600
Median home (place)
11.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Manchester

Manchester posts a median household income higher than 50% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Manchester area.

Top 50%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Manchester

Where Manchester income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$81,007 Top 50% higher than 50% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Manchester $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NH

Population among 15 NH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Manchester is the largest NH city on this list; Londonderry leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NH

Median household income among the same 15-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Londonderry posts the highest place-level median income in NH; Manchester is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Manchester, NH beyond the headline numbers

Manchester sits inside Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, at roughly 43.00°N, -71.45°W. Population 110,229, $81,007 median household income. Median home value $365,600, median rent $1,564. Poverty rate 11.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Manchester, 3/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

Poverty in Manchester, NH stands at 11.2%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Manchester runs about 4.5 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

14.1% of Manchester workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.2% in Manchester, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Manchester from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
110,229
Manchester · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$81,007
-9% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$365,600
-12% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Hillsborough County): Manchester's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
426K+6%
Median Income
$103,545+48%
Median Home Value
$421,100+69%
Poverty Rate
6.7%-22%
Unemployment
3.1%-58%

Economics

Economics indicators for Manchester, NH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,564/mo
Poverty Rate
11.2% -10% vs avg
Unemployment 3.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 34%
Work From Home 14.1%
Public Transit 0.6%

Population

White 74.5%
African American 4.8%
Asian 4.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
37%
Obesity
35%
High Blood Pressure
30.8%
Physical Inactivity
25.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.4%
Binge Drinking
16.4%
Current Smoking
12.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.5%
Current Asthma
11.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
9.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.2%
Annual Checkup 75.8%

Other Measures

Diabetes
9.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.5%
Stroke
3%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
1
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
2
CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTER
MANCHESTER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆
ELLIOT HOSPITAL
MANCHESTER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Manchester?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Manchester right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet NH-MANCHESTER-NH · Manchester

Manchester: 7 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-LIGHT 7 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% uk-floods
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dallas

Tagged alert mix: Manchester

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 7 tagged notices on record for Manchester.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Dallas, TX (7 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Manchester; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New Hampshire state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (7 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Manchester, NH?
Manchester, NH has a population of 110,229 people, located in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
What is the median household income in Manchester?
The median household income in Manchester, NH is $81,007 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 11.2%.
What is the median home value in Manchester?
The median home value in Manchester, NH is $365,600. Median rent is $1,564/month.
What are the top health concerns in Manchester?
The top health indicators in Manchester include Short Sleep Duration (37%), Obesity (35%), High Blood Pressure (30.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Manchester?
Manchester has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Manchester?
The median age in Manchester, NH is 38 years. 34% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Manchester, both outside New Hampshire so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NH (11.2% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NH ($81,007 here).

Compare Manchester with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Manchester's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Manchester area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Manchester against New Hampshire peers on any ranking lens. Explore New Hampshire

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Hillsborough County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.