Work & commute · Manchester

Work & commute in Manchester, WI

Most working residents leave Manchester for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Black River Falls (16%), Brockway (15%) and Tomah (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 282 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 281 Manchester residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manchester.

281live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manchester goes to work

Black River Falls7.1 mi away

16%46

Brockway5.7 mi away

15%42

Tomah20.4 mi away

5%15

La Crosse34.4 mi away

3%9

Whitehall29.6 mi away

2%7

Eau Claire55.1 mi away

2%6

Sparta18.6 mi away

2%5

Delton66 mi away

2%5

Byron23.6 mi away

2%5

St. Paul, MN125.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%138

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

How far

How far Manchester commutes

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

27%

20%

19%

34%

27%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manchester is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manchester are

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

Jobs based in Manchester

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Manchester residents hold

282 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−33%

Jobs based in Manchester, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 20. 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.