Work & commute · Manawa

Work & commute in Manawa, WI

Most working residents leave Manawa for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Waupaca (12%), New London (4%) and Appleton (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

78 of 733 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 655 Manawa residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 770 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manawa.

655live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

770work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manawa goes to work

Waupaca10.7 mi away

12%86

Manawa (in town)right here

11%78

New London10.1 mi away

4%31

Appleton29.2 mi away

4%28

Oshkosh35.1 mi away

3%24

Stevens Point31.4 mi away

3%23

Grand Chute25.8 mi away

3%22

Iola10.3 mi away

3%20

Clintonville13.9 mi away

3%19

Farmington13.8 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%385

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

How far

How far Manawa commutes

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

23%

29%

30%

18%

23%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manawa 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 Manawa are

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

Jobs based in Manawa

848 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Manawa residents hold

733 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−17%

Jobs based in Manawa, 2013 → 2023: 1,026 → 848. 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.