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Las Cruces vs Manchester

Las Cruces, NM compared with Manchester, NH · 2,051 miles apart

Las Cruces has 116,978 residents to Manchester’s 116,818. Las Cruces comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership, average commute. Manchester does better on median household income, poverty rate, unemployment.

Las Cruces, NM Manchester, NH
Population 116,978 116,818
Density (per sq mi) 1,521 3,536
Median household income $55,422 $81,007
Median home value $231,700 $365,600
Median rent $974 $1,564
Homeownership 55.9% 48.7%
Average commute 18.9 min 23.9 min
Median age 33 38
Bachelor's degree + 36.7% 34%
Poverty rate 22.6% 11.2%
Unemployment 7% 3.3%
Price to income 4.2× 4.5×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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