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Work & commute · Manistee

Work & commute in Manistee, MI

About one in 4 of Manistee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Manistee (13%), Filer (4%) and Stronach (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
23%
277 of 1,221 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 944 Manistee residents head out of town to work, 277 work right here, and 1,871 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manistee.

944live here, work elsewhere
277live and work here
1,871work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Manistee goes to work

EastlakeLudingtonManisteeCadillacTraverse CityGrand RapidsHamlinNormanOnekamaFilerDicksonManisteeBear LakeStronachBrownManisteeFilerStronachTraverse CityGrand RapidsLudingtonCadillacDicksonBear LakeManistee
1
Manistee (in town)right here
23%277
2
Manistee4.8 mi away
13%158
3
Filer6.9 mi away
4%54
4
Stronach7.2 mi away
4%54
5
Traverse City45.4 mi away
3%37
6
Grand Rapids96.2 mi away
2%27
7
Ludington24.7 mi away
2%24
8
Cadillac40.5 mi away
2%22
9
Dickson15 mi away
2%22
10
Bear Lake8.8 mi away
2%22
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%524

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

How far

How far Manistee commutes

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

46%Under 10 mi
11%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
30%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Manistee is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident
A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Manistee are

2,148 jobs are based in Manistee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manistee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manistee

2,148 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Manistee residents hold

1,221 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month49%
+66%

Jobs based in Manistee, 2011 → 2021: 1,293 → 2,148. 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.

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