Capt. John Foley Horr House · Photo: Cristoph3r · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Marco Island top those of 78% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 35% of workers, where Florida as a whole has 16%. 7.3% of residents live below the poverty line (Florida 12.6%). The two grades for Marco Island are B− for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Marco Island stands out on work
A lot of Marco Island works from home
35% of Marco Island workers work from home, against 16% across Florida. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Marco Island’s commute
The biggest draw, Naples, gets only 4% of working residents, and 53% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Marco Island residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Marco Island is where the jobs are
Marco Island has 7,294 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% 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 ↓
Marco Island draws workers from far and wide
The 7,294 jobs in Marco Island are filled from a wide area. Marco Island’s own residents hold 22% and the ten next-biggest home towns 17%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Marco Island earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marco Island is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #303 of 638 in Florida. Household income holds Marco Island’s grade up ($101,523, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marco Island could be anywhere from C to A−.
About 23 minutes each way for Marco Island’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marco Island workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,775 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 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.
Where Marco Island’s workforce comes from
Where Marco Island clocks in
4% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
Marco Island on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,255 residents head out to work, 1,589 work right here, and 5,705 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19,000 people are in Marco Island on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The commute from Marco Island, by distance
About 39% 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 Marco Island’s employers do
7,294 jobs are based in Marco Island.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marco Island, 2014 → 2024: 5,610 → 7,294. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marco Island’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Marco Island is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marco Island is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #147 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Marco Island 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 4,246 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.3% of Marco Island households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Marco Island’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,220 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000, Marco Island comes 1,320th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 83 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
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| 140 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
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| 1,318 | Wallington NJ | 12,092 | $86K | 12.2% | 8.3% | 4% | B− |
| 1,319 | Mayfield Heights OH | 19,667 | $67K | 8.5% | 5.7% | 7% | B− |
| 1,320 | Marco Island FL | 16,421 | $102K | 7.3% | 4.8% | 33% | B− |
| 1,321 | Evans NY | 15,040 | $72K | 11.9% | 3.4% | 12% | B− |
| 1,322 | Ojus FL | 19,198 | $69K | 12.5% | 4.9% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Marco Island, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Marco Island and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Goodland (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marco Island workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Island | – | B− | A | 23 min | $101,523 |
| Goodland | 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Goodland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marco Island’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 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 Marco Island: questions
What is the median household income in Marco Island?
$101,523 (±$10,735) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marco Island?
7.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marco Island?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marco Island work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Naples (4%, 16 mi), Tampa (2%, 148 mi), Fort Myers (2%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Marco Island walkable?
Marco Island is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marco Island without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marco Island, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marco Island
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. 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.