Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0How is Manchester run?
Manchester’s city government spent $32.6 million on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, about $2,502 per resident. Water and other utilities ($2.3 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Manchester is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
Manchester City School District
Manchester’s elementary school district. The schools are run by Manchester, so this money is part of the budget above.
Of the $12,822 per pupil, $8,196 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.
Tennessee districts overall: 40% local, 44% state, 16% federal.
Coffee County School District · $12,333 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
About $2,502 per resident a year, or $6.85 a day
Schools are part of the city’s budget, so they lead the receipt: 65% of day-to-day spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Manchester runs its own schools, so school spending is part of this budget.
No comparison or trend for Manchester yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample), and Manchester’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported 48% of its 2022 dollars). It reported 2024 only (2022 and 2023 are estimates), so there is no trend yet either. The next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $1,604 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.68% of the home’s value, vs 0.50% across Tennessee.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Manchester’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Manchester’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Manchester →
Who’s in charge in Manchester
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Manchester’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on cityofmanchestertn.com ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 32 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (13,020).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Manchester’s votes are counted by county
Tennessee 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 Coffee County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican76.9%19,174 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat21.8%5,440 votesOthers: 1.3% (318 votes).
Most votes in Coffee County: Donald J Trump
Tennessee: Trump 64.2%, Harris 34.5%
100% of Manchester lies in Coffee County. Every 2024 race in Coffee County is on the county’s page.
Coffee 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 & councilOfficials: cityofmanchestertn.com ↗
- 2Tennessee HouseState representatives
- 3Tennessee SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Tennessee
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Manchester’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Manchester’s government
How much does Manchester spend per resident?
About $2,502 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Manchester?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,604 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.68% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.50% across Tennessee. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see cityofmanchestertn.com.
Who runs Manchester’s government?
See cityofmanchestertn.com for current officials. 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?
Tennessee counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Manchester alone. Coffee County, where 100% of Manchester lies, voted Trump 76.9%, Harris 21.8% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Manchester?
410 full-time and 116 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $1.7M (about $20.8M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Manchester in the state legislature?
State Senate District 16 (Janice Bowling) and State House District 47 (Rush Bricken). The House district also covers eight other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Manchester’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
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; 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 →