How is Manchester run?
Manchester’s city government spent $28,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $295 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Manchester didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Manchester is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $295 per resident a year, or $0.81 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 61%.
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Manchester didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Manchester yet
Every year of Manchester’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Manchester
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Chapman Unified School District 473
Manchester’s K–12 school district, shared with Carlton, Center Township, Chapman, Enterprise, Flora Township and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $14,107 per pupil, $8,408 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Kansas districts overall: 28% local, 61% state, 11% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Manchester’s votes are counted by county
Kansas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Manchester alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Dickinson County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican76.7%7,014 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat21.8%1,989 votesOthers: 1.5% (141 votes).
Most votes in Dickinson County: Donald J Trump
Kansas: Trump 57.2%, Harris 41.0%
100% of Manchester lies in Dickinson County. Every 2024 race in Dickinson County is on the county’s page.
Dickinson County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Manchester.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Kansas HouseState representatives
- 3Kansas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Kansas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
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Questions about Manchester’s government
How much does Manchester spend per resident?
About $295 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Manchester didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $40,000.
Who runs Manchester’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Manchester yet.
How did Manchester vote in 2024?
Kansas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Manchester alone. Dickinson County, where 100% of Manchester lies, voted Trump 76.7%, Harris 21.8% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Manchester?
0 full-time and 2 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $1,007 (about $12,084 a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Manchester in the state legislature?
State Senate District 24 (Scott Hill) and State House District 64 (Bill Bloom). The House district also covers 46 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Manchester, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →