Manton’s household incomes are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
13.5% of residents live below the poverty line, where Michigan as a whole has 13.2%. Jobs and income earn Manton D; getting around on foot earns it B. Home is the office for 2% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Manton and work: the main findings
Where Manton’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Manton is better than 9% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Manton’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($45,982, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Manton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Manton could be anywhere from D to C−.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Manton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manton workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 615 commuters (the 3% 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.
Manton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 343 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 304 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Cadillac
Where Manton clocks in
6% 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.
In Manton, 31% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
339 jobs are based in Manton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manton, 2011 → 2021: 382 → 339. 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 Manton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Manton, by distance
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.
Driving is how Manton gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Manton is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 631 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). 5.7% of Manton households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Manton’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Manton ranks: 5,179th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,177 | Fredonia KS | 2,041 | $59K | 19.3% | 0.4% | 36% | D |
| 5,178 | Albany KY | 1,729 | $44K | 13.6% | 3.3% | 22% | D |
| 5,179 | Manton MI | 1,626 | $46K | 13.5% | 3.0% | 9% | D |
| 5,180 | Huntsville MO | 1,362 | $53K | 17.9% | 0.0% | 7% | D |
| 5,181 | Canisteo NY | 2,140 | $54K | 16.6% | 10.3% | 13% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Manton, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Manton
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manton | – | D | B | 24 min | $45,982 |
| Cedar Creek Township | 2% | C | C | 32 min | $66,667 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cedar Creek Township. Darker towns draw more of Manton’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 Manton: questions
What is the median household income in Manton?
$45,982 (±$3,400) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manton?
13.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manton work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cadillac (17%, 12 mi), Haring Township (9%, 8 mi), Traverse City (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Manton walkable?
Manton is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manton
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.