Country United States County York Incorporated 1869 Area 210 ha Local time Sunday 5:08 PM | State Pennsylvania Settled 1814 Elevation 453 ft (138 m) Zip code 17345 Population 2,756 (2013) | |
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Manchester is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,763 at the 2010 census.
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Map of Manchester, PA 17345, USA
History
Settled in 1814, the village of Liverpool (now Manchester) was incorporated in 1869 in the eastern section of Manchester Township. During the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War, Liverpool's merchants were raided by the 17th Virginia Cavalry.
Geography
Manchester is located at 40°03′39″N 76°43′11″W.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,350 people, 1,009 households, and 664 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,986.4 people per square mile (1,148.5/km2). There were 1,058 housing units at an average density of 1,344.5 per square mile (517.1/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 97.28% White, 0.47% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.89% from other races, and 0.85% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.49% of the population.
There were 1,009 households out of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.9% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.81.
In the borough the population was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 34.2% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $41,450, and the median income for a family was $47,845. Males had a median income of $32,219 versus $22,000 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $18,700. About 2.4% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 4.8% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Manchester is served by the Northeastern York School District (one of 500 public school districts in Pennsylvania). Students may also attend one of the Commonwealth's public cyber charter schools at no additional cost to the family or student. The local school district pays the Pennsylvania Department of Education set tuition fee to the cyber charter school that the resident student chooses to attend. By law, Pennsylvania cyber charter school students have access to all extracurriculars and sports programs at the local public school district. Alternatively, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania permits parents to home school their children or they may attend a private school.
Notable businesses
Since 2012, Manchester is home to Big Fat Daddy's, an east coast concession stand and catering operation owned by pitmaster Wayne Schafer, originally from Baltimore.