Manchester is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New Hampshire. With a population of 107,006 people and 28 constituent neighborhoods, Manchester is the largest community in New Hampshire. Much of the housing stock in Manchester was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Manchester is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Manchester is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Manchester who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.78%), sales jobs (11.80%), and management occupations (7.51%).

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.

Another interesting thing about Manchester, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Manchester has public transportation that is used by many people for their daily commute to and from work: primarily, this consists of people taking the bus.

Manchester Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Manchester is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 22.28% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Manchester in 2000 was $21,244, which is lower middle income relative to New Hampshire, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,976 for a family of four.

The people who call Manchester home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Manchester is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Manchester include French Canadian, French, Irish, English, Italian, German, Polish, and Greek.

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