PlainZIP

Manchester, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Manchester, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 8,222. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet MANCHESTER-IA · Manchester, IA 1 ZIPs · 8,222 pop · #13398/25278 · Delaware County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $69,635
  • RANK-MID #13398/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Greeley
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-TOWN 8,222
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $184,300

Nearest income peer: Greeley, IA ( $2,429 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Manchester

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Manchester on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Manchester, IA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

47th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
8,222
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$69,635
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $69,635 and poverty 8.8% concentrate in 52057.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Manchester as a pure owner town.

Within Iowa, Primghar is the closest lower-income city and Cleghorn the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Manchester.

Population concentration

Manchester's single ZIP 52057 carries the town

Manchester is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 52057 is the entire residential footprint (8,222 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Manchester's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 291 establishments, 4,020 employees , annual payroll $204,464k (~35 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 52057 (291 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (47) · also Other services (except public administration) · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Manchester, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Delaware County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Manchester. See the Delaware County roll-up →

Manchester lands mid-pack among the 8 cities sharing Delaware County: Earlville, Hopkinton and Delhi earn more and Colesburg, Greeley and Masonville earn less. Earlville marks the far end of that range at $89,697, 29% above Manchester.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
52057 8,222 $69,635 291 23
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Manchester roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Manchester, .