Work & commute · Manteno

Work & commute in Manteno, IL

Most working residents leave Manteno for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Manteno (10%), Kankakee (9%) and Chicago (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

702 of 4,744 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 4,042 Manteno residents head out of town to work, 702 work right here, and 3,784 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manteno.

4,042live here, work elsewhere

702live and work here

3,784work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manteno goes to work

Manteno0.4 mi away

10%456

Kankakee10.4 mi away

9%443

Chicago41.2 mi away

8%391

Bradley6.1 mi away

6%262

Manteno (in town)right here

5%246

Bourbonnais5.2 mi away

5%219

Joliet24.4 mi away

3%135

University Park15 mi away

2%97

Frankfort17.7 mi away

2%73

Tinley Park22 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,360

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

How far

How far Manteno commutes

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

36%

26%

22%

16%

36%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manteno is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Manteno are

4,486 jobs are based in Manteno. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manteno’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manteno

4,486 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Manteno residents hold

4,744 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+19%

Jobs based in Manteno, 2013 → 2023: 3,772 → 4,486. 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.