ManchesterNY
A town of 1,628, settled in 1793.
Is Manchester a good place to live?
Manchester’s best subject grade is an A− for civic life. 25% of residents are 65 or older in Manchester, against 20% in New York’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Manchester has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
96% of working residents leave Manchester for work
Where Manchester’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Manchester grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Manchester is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The other Manchester
Manchester takes its name from Manchester in Greater Manchester, England, 3,360 miles across the Atlantic.
UKUK editionManchester, settled in 1793, takes its name from Manchester, a city in Greater Manchester, England.
9 more U.S. towns are named after Manchester:Manchester, CT59,773Manchester Township, NJ46,556Manchester, MO18,069Manchester, TN13,776Manchester, WA5,956+4 more
Named after: each U.S. town’s Wikipedia article. Grades compare each town with towns in its own country, so they aren’t a head-to-head.
Moving to Manchester: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Manchester, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Manchester.
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Manchester’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Manchester for work: only 4% work in town. At 20 minutes, Manchester’s average trip to work is below both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Manchester grew to 386 in 2023, 78 more than in 2013.
| Manchester | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 6.5% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 10% | 8% |
| Median household income | $66,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Manchester is healthier than 70% of U.S. towns
Manchester beats the New York average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 39% of Manchester adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Manchester | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 33% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Manchester | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.9% | 17.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.8% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Manchester, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Manchester has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Manchester’s July high is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Manchester, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Manchester sells for about $260K at the median
The median rent in Manchester is $1,310 a month.
| Manchester | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 79% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,310 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Cumorah and 27 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Manchester. Close and well known come first.
2 mi MountainCumorah
27 mi LakeSeneca Lake
33 mi LakeCayuga Lake
22 mi MuseumGeorge Eastman Museum
23 mi Stadium & arenaBlue Cross Arena
23 mi MuseumThe National Museum of PlayPhoto credits
Cumorah: Hillcumorahpageantstage.jpg: la salebete derivative work: Eustress (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Seneca Lake: RochesterNY, Public domain · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · George Eastman Museum: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blue Cross Arena: Matthew D. Wilson (LtPowers), CC BY-SA 3.0 · The National Museum of Play: Misc, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Manchester
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Manchester
About 2 of every 100 Manchester residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Famous people from Manchester
3 notable people were born in Manchester.
About Manchester
Town in New York, United States
Manchester is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 9,406 at the 2020 census. The town was named after one of its villages, which in turn was named after the city of Manchester in England. It was formed in 1822 from the town of Farmington. The Town of Manchester includes a village also named Manchester. The town is northeast of the city of Canandaigua.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1793
- Area
- 38 sq mi
- Area code
- 585
Manchester’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Manchester.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | — | — | B | — | B− | B+ |
| Shortsville | — | — | A− | — | B− | B+ |
Manchester and Shortsville have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Manchester and Shortsville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Manchester with a neighbor →
Questions about Manchester
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Manchester, NY expensive?
The typical home is worth about $110,000, 79% below the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
What is Manchester, NY known for?
3 notable people were born here, including Mary Artemisia Lathbury and Moreau S. Crosby.