Mobile homes trailers are the very old manufactured homes which still exist (talk about strong quality) but are not very common or popular today. For instance my friend lives in an old, single-wide manufactured home, which is alot closer to a trailer than a typical home. No they are not the same thing! But if you are in the market for a modular home the salesperson might very well refer to it as a manufactured home.Įven though modular homes and manufactured homes are both used as quality year-round homes they differ in many other respects.