Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Households in Manteno earn more than those in 75% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 3.5% of residents, against 11.8% across Illinois. Manteno grades A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Manteno itself; outside it, Kankakee draws the most (9%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Manteno, in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Manteno
59% of Manteno residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Manteno pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Manteno pay little
28% of the jobs based in Manteno pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Manteno’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Manteno is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #129 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Manteno could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Most jobs in Manteno are in services
2,240 jobs are based in Manteno.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manteno, 2013 → 2023: 2,077 → 2,240. 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 Manteno’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Manteno by day and by night
On a workday 3,520 residents head out to work, 355 work right here, and 1,885 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Manteno on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Manteno: the destinations
Where Manteno clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manteno workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,652 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Manteno commutes
About 16% 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.
Few in Manteno walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Manteno is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #354 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Manteno near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,110 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.2% of Manteno households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Manteno’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Manteno ranks: 469th of 2,886 U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Itasca IL | 9,488 | $114K | 2.0% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 467 | Carroll Township PA | 7,416 | $119K | 7.0% | 2.2% | 6% | A |
| 468 | Ahuimanu HI | 8,452 | $135K | 6.4% | 2.6% | 0% | A |
| 469 | Manteno IL | 9,201 | $98K | 3.5% | 2.9% | 9% | A |
| 470 | Berlin NJ | 7,628 | $103K | 8.4% | 2.1% | 4% | A |
| 471 | Hinckley Township OH | 8,237 | $137K | 3.6% | 4.6% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,886 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Manteno, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Manteno and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Bourbonnais (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manteno workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manteno | – | A | B+ | 32 min | $97,634 |
| Bourbonnais | 5% | B− | A− | 20 min | $81,708 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Manteno’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Manteno: questions
What is the median household income in Manteno?
$97,634 (±$17,827) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manteno?
3.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manteno?
32 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manteno work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kankakee (9%, 10 mi), Chicago (8%, 42 mi), Bradley (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Manteno walkable?
Manteno is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manteno without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manteno, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manteno
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.