Photo: Ellin Beltz · Public domainManila has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Employers in Manila report 112 jobs for 243 working residents. Only 2% work in Manila; the top destination outside it is Eureka (32%, 4 miles). Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers; California has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Manila and work: the main findings
Most Manila residents work close to home
79% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Manila and Eureka trade workers both ways
Eureka is the top workplace for Manila residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Manila come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Manila are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 243 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Manila to work
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where Manila goes to work
Where Manila clocks in
32% of workers
23% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Getting to work from Manila takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manila workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 406 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Manila
On a workday 237 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Manila on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
69% of the jobs in Manila pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manila, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 112. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manila’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Manila: questions
What is the median household income in Manila?
$53,813 (±$19,865) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manila?
17.3%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manila?
18 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manila work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eureka (32%, 4 mi), Arcata (23%, 5 mi), McKinleyville (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Manila without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manila, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manila
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.