PlainZIP

Manchester, MA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Manchester, MA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 5,136. 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-MA · Manchester, MA 1 ZIPs · 5,136 pop · #221/25278 · Essex County

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

  • INC-TOP $206,389
  • RANK-TOP #221/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Andover
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-TOWN 5,136
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $942,000

Nearest income peer: Andover, MA ( $33,783 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, MA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 1%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
5,136
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$206,389
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $206,389 and home value $942,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 78.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Manchester as a pure owner town.

Within Massachusetts, Bolton is the closest lower-income city and Dunstable 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

One ZIP, 01944, is all of Manchester

There is no split to weigh here: 01944 holds every one of Manchester's 5,136 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Manchester's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 178 establishments, 1,421 employees , annual payroll $82,476k (~35 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 01944 (178 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (26) · also Construction · Finance and insurance .

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ZIP Codes in Manchester, MA

These ZIP codes sit in Essex County, which covers 43 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Manchester. See the Essex County roll-up →

No other city sharing Essex County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Manchester. Lynn, Lawrence and Haverhill sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Lawrence marks the far end of that range at $55,589, 73% below Manchester.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
01944 5,136 $206,389 178 215
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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, .