Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Manistee Township draws 1,871 commuters a day, with 1.8 jobs for every working resident
About one in five work in Manistee Township; the top destination outside it is Manistee (13%, 5 miles). Manistee Township has 2,148 jobs, against 1,221 working residents. Jobs and income earn Manistee Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Manistee Township: the figures worth knowing
Manistee Township is where the jobs are
Manistee Township has 2,148 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Manistee Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Manistee Township went from 1,293 in 2011 to 2,148 in 2021, +66%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Manistee Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Manistee Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Manistee Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #594 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Manistee Township’s grade up (10.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Manistee Township could be anywhere from D to B.
In and out of Manistee Township on a workday
On a workday 944 residents head out to work and 277 work right here.
About 5,200 people are in Manistee Township on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Manistee Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manistee Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,293 → 2,148. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manistee Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Manistee Township: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manistee Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 932 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Manistee Township’s workforce comes from
Where Manistee Township clocks in
13% 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.
The commute from Manistee Township, by distance
About 30% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Manistee Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Manistee Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #478 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,011 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). 7.1% of Manistee Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Manistee Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800, Manistee Township ranks 3,188th of 4,039 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 26 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,186 | Haskell TX | 3,095 | $62K | 12.6% | 4.0% | 32% | C− |
| 3,187 | Evansdale IA | 4,463 | $60K | 24.0% | 6.2% | 4% | C− |
| 3,188 | Manistee Township MI | 4,268 | $65K | 10.2% | 5.4% | 23% | C− |
| 3,189 | Chandler TX | 4,081 | $50K | 14.0% | 6.7% | 5% | C− |
| 3,190 | Farley KY | 4,458 | $47K | 30.8% | 3.9% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Manistee Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
17% of Manistee Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manistee Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manistee Township | – | C− | C− | 18 min | $65,461 |
| Onekama Township | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 25 min | $70,380 |
| Manistee | 13% | D | A− | 15 min | $60,541 |
| Stronach Township | 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Eastlake | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Brown Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stronach Township, Eastlake and Brown Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Manistee. Darker towns draw more of Manistee Township’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 2021, 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 Manistee Township: questions
What is the median household income in Manistee Township?
$65,461 (±$11,636) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manistee Township?
10.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manistee Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manistee Township work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manistee (13%, 5 mi), Filer Township (4%, 7 mi), Stronach Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Manistee Township walkable?
Manistee Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manistee Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manistee Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manistee Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.