Georgia · Census place 1349532

Manchester, Georgia

Manchester is a city in 2 counties of Georgia with an estimated 3,624 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 175th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,624
#175 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+0.7%
+26 people
Land area
8.0 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
452 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Manchester. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Manchester population, 2020 to 2024

Manchester added 26 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +70.

3,59820203,59020213,58220223,55420233,6242024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,604. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Manchester covers 8.01 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 452 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Manchester is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Manchester spans

Manchester crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,624 residents as follows; Meriwether County holds 97.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Meriwether County3,528
  2. 02Talbot County96
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Manchester

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Manchester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 31816, 31830. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Manchester is

The Census internal point of Manchester is at 32.859100, -84.634400. Atlanta, the capital, is 63.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Thomaston, GA (9,850 people), 18.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, GA, 27.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.859100, -84.634400
DMS
32°51'32.76"N 84°38'3.84"W
UTM
16N 721361.1E 3638147.2N
Geohash
djgffjg45
Plus code
864QV958+J6

Daylight in Manchester

At 32.86° N, Manchester gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Manchester

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Pine Mountain, 12.6 miles away, with 1,288 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Manchester, GA?

3,624 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 26 (0.7%) from 3,598 in July 2020.

What county is Manchester in?

It spans 2 counties: Meriwether County (3,528 residents), Talbot County (96 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Manchester?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 31816, 31830.

How far is Manchester from Atlanta?

63.1 miles (101.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Manchester.

What is the nearest larger city to Manchester?

Thomaston, GA, with 9,850 residents, 18.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.