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Manchester, Virginia.

A community in Chesterfield County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Chesterfield County’s.

Living in Manchester, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Manchester, in Chesterfield County, had 12,129 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $80,296 a year and half less, against $101,931 across Chesterfield County; 13% of its people live below the poverty line. 60% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 40% are rented. Unemployment in Chesterfield County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 12,129 in the 2020 census; median age 34.5
Household income $80,296 the median, give or take $16,938 · Chesterfield County: $101,931
Unemployment 3.5% Chesterfield County, August 2026; 3.4% a year before
Homes 60% lived in by their owners; 40% rented
  • 5,363households
  • 40%of adults have a degree
  • 13%below the poverty line
  • 22 mintypical commute
  • 21%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Professional and business services15%
  • Banks, insurance and property10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Government9%
  • Manufacturing8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Chesterfield County had 148,684 jobs in 2025, 1.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 48° and 29°; warmest in July, 90° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 48° 29° F M A M J J 90° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 48° and 29°; warmest in July, 90° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 48° 29° F M A M J J 90° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 9 inches of snow and 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Richmond International Airport weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Manchester

  1. Virginia State PoliceLaw enforcement962
  2. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater RichmondMembership associations, civic or social155
  3. NVRResidential for-sale builders130
  4. Gilbane Building Company RichmondConstruction management, commercial and institutional building85
  5. BON AIR Carrier AnnexMail and parcel delivery66
  6. Goodwill of Central and Coastal VirginiaUsed merchandise stores62
  7. Food LionGrocery stores56
  8. MCAP SeatonAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities55

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,745 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Manchester’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Chesterfield County.