Work & commute · Manistee

Work & commute in Manistee, MI

About one in 5 of Manistee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Manistee (22%), Filer (5%) and Stronach (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

429 of 2,083 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,654 Manistee residents head out of town to work, 429 work right here, and 960 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manistee.

1,654live here, work elsewhere

429live and work here

960work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manistee goes to work

Manistee4.8 mi away

22%463

Manistee (in town)right here

21%429

Filer3.3 mi away

5%105

Stronach9 mi away

4%75

Ludington20.7 mi away

4%73

Traverse City50.1 mi away

3%56

Pere Marquette22.2 mi away

2%46

Cadillac44.3 mi away

2%39

Grand Rapids94.9 mi away

1%28

Bear Lake13.5 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%743

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.

52%

12%

27%

52%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manistee is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manistee are

1,389 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

1,389 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Manistee residents hold

2,083 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−28%

Jobs based in Manistee, 2011 → 2021: 1,916 → 1,389. 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.