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Cost of living in Manchester, Tennessee

Manchester, Tennessee has about 12,944 people. Typical rent is $978 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $57,500 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #57 in Tennessee on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $978 a month.

Manchester is a city in Tennessee. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $57,500 a year.

People
12,944
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$978
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$57,500
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$237,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,088
Coffee County, TN
Gas
$4.237
Midwest (PADD 2), week of October 12, 2026

Manchester, Tennessee has about 12,944 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $237,400.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Coffee County is $1,088 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Manchester. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Tennessee's prices sit at 91.9 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Tennessee does not tax wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.6% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Manchester's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Tennessee home paid 13.71¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Manchester's bill.

EIA does not publish a Tennessee gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Midwest (PADD 2) all-grades price was $4.237 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,033.76 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Tennessee shares this price.

Among 278 places we list in Tennessee with a rent figure, 101 have higher typical rent than Manchester.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.