Manitou Beach-Devils Lake has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The average commute takes 33 minutes each way, where Michigan has 24 and the U.S. 26. Manitou Beach-Devils Lake has 166 jobs; 776 of its residents have a job. Only 3% stay in Manitou Beach-Devils Lake for work; outside it, Adrian is the main destination (9%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Manitou Beach-Devils Lake apart
Manitou Beach-Devils Lake is a place people come home to
There are 166 jobs based in Manitou Beach-Devils Lake, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Manitou Beach-Devils Lake has about 1,500 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Manitou Beach-Devils Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical 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; with 776 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Manitou Beach-Devils Lake
On a workday 750 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Manitou Beach-Devils Lake on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2021, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Manitou Beach-Devils Lake takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manitou Beach-Devils Lake workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 994 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 the trip to work from Manitou Beach-Devils Lake ends
Where Manitou Beach-Devils Lake clocks in
9% of workers
4% 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 kinds of work in Manitou Beach-Devils Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manitou Beach-Devils Lake, 2011 → 2021: 68 → 166. 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 Manitou Beach-Devils Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Manitou Beach-Devils Lake to work
About 19% 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.
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 Manitou Beach-Devils Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Manitou Beach-Devils Lake?
$83,980 (±$9,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manitou Beach-Devils Lake?
10.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manitou Beach-Devils Lake?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manitou Beach-Devils Lake work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (9%, 14 mi), Jackson (9%, 19 mi), Woodstock Township (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Manitou Beach-Devils Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manitou Beach-Devils Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manitou Beach-Devils Lake
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.