Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Manson has higher household incomes than 69% of U.S. towns
Manson grades C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. 22.6% of residents live below the poverty line, where Washington as a whole has 9.9%. For 12% of workers, the job is at home, where Washington as a whole has 20%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Manson, in a few figures
Manson and Chelan trade workers both ways
Chelan is the top workplace for Manson residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Manson come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Manson are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 489 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Manson earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Manson’s grade up ($91,319, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Manson’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Manson could be anywhere from D− to B.
19% of working residents work in Chelan
Where Manson clocks in
19% of workers
6% 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.
Manson’s commute, mile by mile
About 32% 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.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Manson
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manson workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 318 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Manson, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 417 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 395 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 (0.96 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.
Jobs in Manson: what the 467 are
467 jobs are based in Manson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manson, 2013 → 2023: 372 → 467. 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 Manson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Manson start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Manson is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.9% across Washington.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 362 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 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 1.1% of Manson households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Manson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Manson places 4,388th of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Yarrow Point WA | 1,143 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 0% | A+ |
| 28 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,386 | Rush Township MI | 1,256 | $65K | 17.4% | 4.7% | 1% | C− |
| 4,387 | McAlmont AR | 1,088 | $35K | 34.2% | 26.9% | <1% | C− |
| 4,388 | Manson WA | 1,462 | $91K | 22.6% | 5.1% | 15% | C− |
| 4,389 | Bradley WV | 1,424 | $44K | 11.8% | 5.0% | 1% | C− |
| 4,390 | Pigeon MI | 1,180 | $52K | 8.8% | 0.9% | 23% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Manson, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
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 Manson: questions
What is the median household income in Manson?
$91,319 (±$36,812) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manson?
22.6%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manson?
20 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manson work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chelan (19%, 7 mi), Wenatchee (6%, 31 mi), Seattle (4%, 103 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Manson walkable?
Manson is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manson
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.