Work & commute · North Manchester

Work & commute in North Manchester, IN

About one in 3 of North Manchester’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Warsaw (9%), Wabash (4%) and Chester (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

671 of 2,117 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,446 North Manchester residents head out of town to work, 671 work right here, and 1,791 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Manchester.

1,446live here, work elsewhere

671live and work here

1,791work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Manchester goes to work

North Manchester (in town)right here

32%671

Warsaw17.1 mi away

9%192

Wabash14.2 mi away

4%80

Chester2.9 mi away

3%69

Fort Wayne33.5 mi away

3%62

Huntington16.5 mi away

3%56

Lafayette70.6 mi away

2%45

Wayne15.2 mi away

2%33

Pierceton13.7 mi away

1%31

Center87 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%852

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

How far

How far North Manchester commutes

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

39%

28%

11%

22%

39%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Manchester is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Manchester are

2,462 jobs are based in North Manchester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Manchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Manchester

2,462 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs North Manchester residents hold

2,117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−9%

Jobs based in North Manchester, 2013 → 2023: 2,694 → 2,462. 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.