Population & Demographics
Manhattan, KS
Manhattan is home to 54,239 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 19,301 resident workers commute each day.
54,239 residents
Median age 25.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Manhattan population & demographics
Who lives in Manhattan — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Manhattan
How Manhattan breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Manhattan
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Manhattan.
These figures are for Manhattan proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Manhattan commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Manhattan
19,301 commutes, one dot at a time
Manhattan
Where 19,301 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Manhattan, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Manhattan.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Manhattan’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Manhattan
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).