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Manhattan, KS
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Manhattan profile


Living in Manhattan



Manhattan is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 53,829 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Manhattan is the ninth largest community in Kansas.

Manhattan real estate is some of the most expensive in Kansas, although Manhattan house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Manhattan has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Manhattan a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One of the benefits of Manhattan is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 0.00 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Manhattan is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Manhattan ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 0.00% of people over 25 have a college degree.

Manhattan is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Manhattan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Manhattan residents report their race to be Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Manhattan include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.

The most common language spoken in Manhattan is German/Yiddish. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and African languages.