Work & commute · Manton

Work & commute in Manton, MI

Most working residents leave Manton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (17%), Haring (9%) and Traverse City (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 378 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 343 Manton residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 304 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manton.

343live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

304work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manton goes to work

Cadillac11.5 mi away

17%65

Manton (in town)right here

9%35

Haring7.5 mi away

9%33

Traverse City25.7 mi away

6%23

Garfield24.6 mi away

6%22

Kalkaska24.3 mi away

3%12

Clam Lake14.3 mi away

2%7

Cedar Creek2.1 mi away

2%7

East Bay20.4 mi away

2%7

Hanover12.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%162

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

How far

How far Manton commutes

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

24%

40%

16%

19%

24%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Manton are

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

Jobs based in Manton

339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Manton residents hold

378 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−11%

Jobs based in Manton, 2011 → 2021: 382 → 339. 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.