Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0For more than half of its working residents, Manor is a commute to Austin
Measured by household income, Manor is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns. Manor grades B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. The average commute takes 36 minutes each way (Texas 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Manor apart
More than half of Manor works in Austin
4,027 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Austin, 12 miles away across the town line. That’s 14 times as many as work in Manor itself. The commute map ↓
Manor workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Manor has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Manor went from 2,018 in 2013 to 3,107 in 2023, +54%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Manor
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Manor is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #243 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Manor’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Manor could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where the trip to work from Manor ends
Where Manor clocks in
55% of workers
4% 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.
From Manor, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manor workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,795 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
Inside Manor’s 3,107 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manor, 2013 → 2023: 2,018 → 3,107. 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 Manor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Manor: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 7,009 residents head out to work, 268 work right here, and 2,839 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19,000 people are in Manor on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.43 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 2023, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Manor
About 20% 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.
For most of Manor, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Manor is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #562 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Manor 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 9,515 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 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% 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). 4.4% of Manor households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Manor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Manor places 965th of 1,712 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 16,000 to 31,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 11 | Colleyville TX | 25,727 | $218K | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Corinth TX | 25,297 | $121K | 3.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bellaire TX | 17,434 | $244K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 963 | Springfield Township OH | 26,958 | $81K | 10.4% | 4.4% | 9% | B |
| 964 | Middletown RI | 16,502 | $102K | 8.5% | 6.0% | 26% | B |
| 965 | Manor TX | 23,070 | $85K | 9.8% | 5.7% | 4% | B |
| 966 | Franklin Park IL | 18,045 | $77K | 9.4% | 6.1% | 7% | B |
| 967 | Sherrelwood CO | 18,692 | $75K | 10.7% | 5.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Manor, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Next door is work for 55% of Manor
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Austin. Darker towns draw more of Manor’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 Manor: questions
What is the median household income in Manor?
$84,529 (±$14,476) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manor?
9.8%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manor?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manor work?
4% work in town.
Is Manor walkable?
Manor is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manor
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. 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.