Jobs and earnings in Manhattan Beach, and the trip to work
Commuters spend 48 minutes getting to work on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. Home is the office for 29% of workers; Minnesota has 18%. Hardly any work in Manhattan Beach; the top destination outside it is Duluth (12%, 95 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Manhattan Beach, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 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 (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Manhattan Beach work
Where Manhattan Beach clocks in
12% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
21 jobs are based in Manhattan Beach.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manhattan Beach, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 21. 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 Manhattan Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 48 minutes each way for Manhattan Beach’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manhattan Beach workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Manhattan Beach to work
About 62% 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.
How Manhattan Beach compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manhattan Beach workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan Beach | – | — | — | 48 min | $68,750 |
| Fifty Lakes | under 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Timothy Township | under 4% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fifty Lakes and Timothy Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Manhattan Beach’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 Manhattan Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Manhattan Beach?
$68,750 (±$18,882) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manhattan Beach?
4.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manhattan Beach?
48 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manhattan Beach work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Duluth (12%, 95 mi), Baxter (8%, 28 mi), Bloomington (8%, 138 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Manhattan Beach without a car?
0% 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 Manhattan Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manhattan Beach
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.