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Work & commute · Manitowoc

Work & commute in Manitowoc, WI

Most working residents leave Manitowoc for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Manitowoc (46%), Two Rivers (4%) and Sheboygan (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
7 of 495 working residents
Typical commute
6 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 488 Manitowoc residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manitowoc.

488live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
198work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Manitowoc goes to work

Francis CreekRiponKohlerTwo RiversAshwaubenonManitowocSheboyganFond du LacGreen BayFranklinKossuthManitowocTwo RiversCooperstownNewtonManitowoc RapidsManitowocTwo RiversSheboyganGreen BayNewtonRiponFond du LacKohlerAshwaubenonManitowoc
1
Manitowoc2.6 mi away
46%230
2
Two Rivers4.9 mi away
4%19
3
Sheboygan27.6 mi away
3%17
4
Green Bay30.9 mi away
3%15
5
Newton8.4 mi away
3%14
6
Ripon61.3 mi away
2%8
7
Fond du Lac45.7 mi away
2%8
8
Kohler27.8 mi away
1%7
9
Ashwaubenon31.4 mi away
1%7
10
Manitowoc (in town)right here
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%163

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

How far

How far Manitowoc commutes

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

56%Under 10 mi
10%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Manitowoc is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manitowoc are

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

Jobs based in Manitowoc

205 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)74%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)21%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Manitowoc residents hold

495 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)37%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)44%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+71%

Jobs based in Manitowoc, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 205. 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.

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