Work & commute · Manilla

Work & commute in Manilla, IA

Most working residents leave Manilla for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Denison (23%), Manning (10%) and Carroll (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 376 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 364 Manilla residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manilla.

364live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manilla goes to work

Denison10.5 mi away

23%86

Manning8.8 mi away

10%38

Carroll22.6 mi away

6%21

Manilla (in town)right here

3%12

Harlan17.5 mi away

2%9

Sioux City72.3 mi away

2%8

Aspinwall5.3 mi away

2%7

Des Moines86.6 mi away

2%7

Omaha, NE60.7 mi away

2%7

Urbandale77 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%175

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

How far

How far Manilla commutes

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

22%

39%

30%

22%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manilla is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manilla are

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

Jobs based in Manilla

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Manilla residents hold

376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−49%

Jobs based in Manilla, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 75. 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.