Work & commute · Manteno

Work & commute in Manteno, IL

Most working residents leave Manteno for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Kankakee (9%), Chicago (8%) and Bradley (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

355 of 3,875 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 3,520 Manteno residents head out of town to work, 355 work right here, and 1,885 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manteno.

3,520live here, work elsewhere

355live and work here

1,885work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manteno goes to work

Kankakee10.2 mi away

9%366

Manteno (in town)right here

9%355

Chicago41.5 mi away

8%320

Bradley5.8 mi away

5%208

Manteno0.4 mi away

5%199

Bourbonnais4.9 mi away

5%186

Joliet24.4 mi away

3%113

University Park15.3 mi away

2%76

Frankfort18 mi away

1%57

Mokena19.6 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,947

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%

23%

16%

36%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manteno 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 Manteno are

2,240 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

2,240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Manteno residents hold

3,875 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%

+8%

Jobs based in Manteno, 2013 → 2023: 2,077 → 2,240. 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.