Work & commute · Manson

Work & commute in Manson, IA

Most working residents leave Manson for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Dodge (22%), Rockwell City (4%) and Pocahontas (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

105 of 746 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 641 Manson residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manson.

641live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manson goes to work

Fort Dodge18.6 mi away

22%165

Manson (in town)right here

14%105

Rockwell City10.1 mi away

4%27

Pocahontas15.8 mi away

3%21

Barnum9 mi away

3%20

Ames58.4 mi away

3%19

Des Moines81.5 mi away

2%16

West Des Moines78 mi away

2%15

Lake City20.5 mi away

1%11

Webster City37.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%336

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

How far

How far Manson commutes

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

22%

43%

11%

24%

22%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manson is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manson are

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

Jobs based in Manson

358 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Manson residents hold

746 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+2%

Jobs based in Manson, 2013 → 2023: 352 → 358. 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.