Green Bay Road Bridge · Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Manitowoc Rapids has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Manitowoc Rapids report 278 jobs for 934 working residents. Manitowoc Rapids grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 1% work in Manitowoc Rapids; the top destination outside it is Manitowoc (38%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Manitowoc Rapids at work: what stands out
A lot of Manitowoc Rapids works one town over
42% of working residents work in a town that borders Manitowoc Rapids: Manitowoc (38%) and Newton (4%). Next door ↓
Manitowoc Rapids is a place people come home to
There are 278 jobs based in Manitowoc Rapids, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Manitowoc Rapids has about 1,500 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Manitowoc Rapids are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wisconsin worker, and quicker than any town next door (19 to 24 minutes). 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 934 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Manitowoc Rapids
On income, poverty and job access, Manitowoc Rapids is better than 79% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Manitowoc Rapids’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, Manitowoc Rapids could be anywhere from B− to A.
How a workday changes Manitowoc Rapids
On a workday 922 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 266 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Manitowoc Rapids on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Manitowoc Rapids’ commute takes about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manitowoc Rapids workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 808 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Out of Manitowoc Rapids to work: where people go
Where Manitowoc Rapids clocks in
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.
37% of the jobs in Manitowoc Rapids make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manitowoc Rapids, 2013 → 2023: 389 → 278. 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 Manitowoc Rapids’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Manitowoc Rapids
About 15% 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 Manitowoc Rapids, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Manitowoc Rapids is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 893 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). 2.4% of Manitowoc Rapids households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Manitowoc Rapids’ commuters take a bus or train.
Manitowoc Rapids next to U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900: 775th of 5,404 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 36 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 773 | Java NY | 1,942 | $95K | 3.7% | 0.4% | 10% | A− |
| 774 | East Montpelier VT | 2,594 | $93K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
| 775 | Manitowoc Rapids WI | 2,184 | $94K | 5.5% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| 776 | Battle Ground IN | 1,905 | $111K | 4.0% | 4.2% | <1% | A− |
| 777 | Jackson Township IN | 2,812 | $96K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Manitowoc Rapids, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
42% of Manitowoc Rapids works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manitowoc Rapids workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manitowoc Rapids | – | A− | B | 15 min | $94,107 |
| Manitowoc | 38% | B− | B+ | 19 min | $63,757 |
| Kossuth | under 2% | A | D | 24 min | $97,036 |
| Cato | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 22 min | $91,912 |
| Newton | 4% | A | C+ | 19 min | $84,837 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Manitowoc. Darker towns draw more of Manitowoc Rapids’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 Manitowoc Rapids: questions
What is the median household income in Manitowoc Rapids?
$94,107 (±$20,146) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manitowoc Rapids?
5.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manitowoc Rapids?
15 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manitowoc Rapids work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manitowoc (38%, 4 mi), Sheboygan (4%, 26 mi), Newton (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Manitowoc Rapids walkable?
Manitowoc Rapids is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Manitowoc Rapids without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manitowoc Rapids, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manitowoc Rapids
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.