Work & commute · Manlius

Work & commute in Manlius, IL

Most working residents leave Manlius for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Ottawa (11%), Morris (6%) and Marseilles (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

193 of 2,563 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,370 Manlius residents head out of town to work, 193 work right here, and 916 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manlius.

2,370live here, work elsewhere

193live and work here

916work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manlius goes to work

Ottawa9.3 mi away

11%276

Morris11.8 mi away

6%164

Marseilles2.2 mi away

6%142

Seneca2.9 mi away

4%115

Chicago60.4 mi away

4%100

Streator17.6 mi away

3%73

Peoria64.9 mi away

3%67

Brookfield6 mi away

2%59

Aurora34.6 mi away

2%49

Peru25.6 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,481

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

How far

How far Manlius commutes

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

23%

27%

19%

30%

23%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manlius is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manlius are

1,109 jobs are based in Manlius. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manlius’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manlius

1,109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Manlius residents hold

2,563 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+13%

Jobs based in Manlius, 2013 → 2023: 980 → 1,109. 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.