Photo: Frank Schulenburg · CC BY-SA 3.0At 11.3%, unemployment in Marin City is higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Marin City for work; outside it, San Francisco is the main destination (25%, 8 miles). The two grades for Marin City are C for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 28% of workers, next to 17% for California as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Marin City and work: the main findings
Marin City and San Francisco trade workers both ways
San Francisco is the top workplace for Marin City residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Marin City come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Marin City works from home
28% of Marin City workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Marin City are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 29 across California. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical California worker. Time on the road ↓
Marin City is a place people come home to
There are 294 jobs based in Marin City, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marin City has about 2,400 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Marin City than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Marin City fell from 427 in 2013 to 294 in 2023, −31%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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.
What’s behind Marin City’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marin City is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #628 of 847 in California. Job access by car holds Marin City’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marin City could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The towns that employ Marin City’s residents
Where Marin City clocks in
10% 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Marin City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marin City workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,118 commuters (the 28% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% 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 Marin City, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,054 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 252 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Marin City on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.27 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.
What the 294 jobs in Marin City are
294 jobs are based in Marin City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marin City, 2013 → 2023: 427 → 294. 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 Marin City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Marin City
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.
Marin City is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,551 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 88% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 15.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% 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). 8.3% of Marin City households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marin City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marin City next to U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300: 3,141st of 4,698 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Del Mar CA | 3,858 | $199K | 2.7% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,139 | Schoharie NY | 3,086 | $64K | 12.2% | 3.1% | 19% | C |
| 3,140 | Bagdad AZ | 2,814 | $108K | 10.8% | 6.5% | 53% | C |
| 3,141 | Marin City CA | 3,195 | $69K | 16.1% | 11.3% | 4% | C |
| 3,142 | Lockport LA | 2,333 | $60K | 10.8% | 5.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,143 | Brighton TN | 2,892 | $81K | 14.9% | 7.7% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Marin City, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Work in the towns next to Marin City
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marin City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marin City | – | C | A+ | 22 min | $68,846 |
| Tamalpais-Homestead Valley | under 3% | A | A | 29 min | $243,227 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marin City’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 Marin City: questions
What is the median household income in Marin City?
$68,846 (±$26,081) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marin City?
16.1%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marin City?
22 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marin City work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (25%, 8 mi), San Rafael (10%, 8 mi), Sausalito (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marin City walkable?
Marin City is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.0 out of 20, and 20% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marin City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 88% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marin City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marin City
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.