Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Manville works elsewhere
Commuters spend 15 minutes getting to work on average, where Wyoming has 19 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Manville report 2 jobs, and 28 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Manville; the top destination outside it is Lusk (43%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Manville
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 65 people are in Manville on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Manville: the destinations
Where Manville clocks in
43% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Manville: what the 2 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manville, 2014 → 2024: 10 → 2. 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 Manville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Manville spends getting to work: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Manville workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Wyoming: 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.
How far Manville’s workers travel
About 37% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 Manville: questions
What is the median household income in Manville?
$57,250 (±$18,479) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Manville?
7.0%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Manville?
15 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Manville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lusk (43%, 8 mi), Cheyenne (7%, 114 mi), Edgemont (4%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Manville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manville
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.