Work & commute · Manitowoc

Work & commute in Manitowoc, WI

48% of Manitowoc’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Two Rivers (5%), Sheboygan (4%) and Green Bay (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

7,350 of 15,432 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 8,082 Manitowoc residents head out of town to work, 7,350 work right here, and 10,738 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manitowoc.

8,082live here, work elsewhere

7,350live and work here

10,738work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manitowoc goes to work

Manitowoc (in town)right here

48%7,350

Two Rivers6.4 mi away

5%702

Sheboygan25 mi away

4%548

Green Bay33 mi away

3%483

Newton6 mi away

2%339

Kohler25.2 mi away

1%220

Milwaukee72.9 mi away

1%220

Ashwaubenon33.2 mi away

1%217

Oshkosh44.2 mi away

1%194

Appleton37.3 mi away

1%190

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%4,969

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.

57%

18%

15%

57%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manitowoc is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Manitowoc are

18,088 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

18,088 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Manitowoc residents hold

15,432 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−3%

Jobs based in Manitowoc, 2013 → 2023: 18,679 → 18,088. 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.