Work & commute · Manteca

Work & commute in Manteca, CA

Most working residents leave Manteca for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Stockton (11%), Tracy (6%) and Modesto (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

4,358 of 36,025 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31,667 Manteca residents head out of town to work, 4,358 work right here, and 16,664 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manteca.

31,667live here, work elsewhere

4,358live and work here

16,664work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manteca goes to work

Manteca (in town)right here

12%4,358

Stockton13.5 mi away

11%3,846

Tracy13.2 mi away

6%2,110

Modesto16.2 mi away

5%1,670

San Jose47.1 mi away

5%1,639

Livermore30.1 mi away

4%1,397

Lathrop5.1 mi away

3%1,219

Fremont44.2 mi away

3%1,139

Oakland54.6 mi away

2%864

San Francisco98.8 mi away

2%809

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%16,974

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Manteca commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

24%

23%

30%

24%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manteca is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Manteca are

21,022 jobs are based in Manteca. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manteca’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manteca

21,022 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Manteca residents hold

36,025 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+43%

Jobs based in Manteca, 2013 → 2023: 14,660 → 21,022. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.