Manchester Township is a township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, home to about 680 people across 44 square miles. Its ZIP code is 18417, and parts of 18415 are in Manchester Township too.
Homes sold for a median of $179 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Manchester Township; also Damascus and Lebanon Township
Mostly Damascus; part is in Manchester Township
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Manchester Township. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)93 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP)43 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Newark, NJ91 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | New York, NY102 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Manchester Township; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Manchester Township had 785 residents in the 2020 census, down 12% since 2000.
It’s the 2014th largest of 2,568 towns in Pennsylvania by population.
Wayne County grew from 30,171 residents in 1900 to 51,155 in 2020.
Wayne County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 82°F in summer, and winter lows average 15°F. About 46.5 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Milanville, PA weather station (11 miles away).
13,374 jobs at 1,355 businesses in Wayne County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Manchester Township.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (2 nearby)
Grocery stores
Libraries (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 4.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Damascus, Lebanon Township and Buckingham Township.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.