Photo: Jonathunder · CC BY-SA 3.0Rochester draws more than half of Mantorville’s working residents
Only 3% work in Mantorville itself; outside it, Rochester draws the most (53%, 14 miles). Mantorville grades A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Mantorville: the gist
More than half of Mantorville works in Rochester
426 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Rochester, 14 miles away. That’s 18 times as many as work in Mantorville itself. The commute map ↓
Three in four Mantorville workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of Mantorville’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 797 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Mantorville earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Mantorville is better than 88% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Mantorville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mantorville could be anywhere from A− to A.
Where people from Mantorville work
Where Mantorville clocks in
53% 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 Mantorville, services account for most jobs
263 jobs are based in Mantorville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mantorville, 2014 → 2024: 269 → 263. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mantorville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Mantorville by day
On a workday 775 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Mantorville on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.
0.33 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 2024, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Mantorville: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mantorville workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 518 commuters (the 18% 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.
How many miles Mantorville commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Mantorville, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mantorville is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Mantorville 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 628 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.0% of Mantorville households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mantorville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Mantorville is 194th among 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 192 | Marion Township IN | 1,260 | $91K | 3.5% | 2.4% | 2% | A |
| 193 | West Pasco WA | 1,122 | $120K | 5.0% | 5.3% | <1% | A |
| 194 | Mantorville MN | 1,106 | $110K | 2.7% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 195 | Lakeside City TX | 1,307 | $114K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 1% | A |
| 196 | Rock Creek AL | 1,103 | $84K | 2.5% | 2.8% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Mantorville, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Mantorville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Mantorville Township (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mantorville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mantorville | – | A | B+ | 25 min | $110,000 |
| Mantorville Township | 1% | A | B | 25 min | $122,436 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mantorville’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 2024, 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 Mantorville: questions
What is the median household income in Mantorville?
$110,000 (±$15,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mantorville?
2.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mantorville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mantorville work?
3% work in town.
Is Mantorville walkable?
Mantorville is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mantorville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mantorville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mantorville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.