Work & commute · Mancelona

Work & commute in Mancelona, MI

Most working residents leave Mancelona for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Kearney (15%), Mancelona (14%) and Kalkaska (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 531 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 486 Mancelona residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mancelona.

486live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mancelona goes to work

Kearney7.5 mi away

15%81

Mancelona4 mi away

14%72

Kalkaska13.7 mi away

7%39

Traverse City28.4 mi away

6%34

Garfield30.6 mi away

4%23

East Jordan18.7 mi away

4%19

Boyne City21.6 mi away

3%16

Rapid River7.5 mi away

3%14

Custer4.8 mi away

3%14

Suttons Bay28.8 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%206

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

How far

How far Mancelona commutes

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

35%

25%

22%

18%

35%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mancelona is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mancelona are

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

Jobs based in Mancelona

279 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Mancelona residents hold

531 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−3%

Jobs based in Mancelona, 2011 → 2021: 287 → 279. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.