Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Marianna are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 16% for Florida as a whole. Poverty touches 22.1% of residents, where Florida as a whole has 12.6%. Jobs and income earn Marianna C−; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Marianna, in a few figures
Marianna has far more jobs than workers
Marianna has 7,491 jobs, 3.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 13,000 people are in town, 72% more than the 7,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Marianna draws workers from far and wide
The 7,491 jobs in Marianna are filled from a wide area. Marianna’s own residents hold 12% and the ten next-biggest home towns 12%; the other 76% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Fewer than half of Marianna workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Marianna’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 15% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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.
The figures behind Marianna’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marianna is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #584 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Marianna’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($40,414, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marianna could be anywhere from D to C.
How many people are in Marianna by day
On a workday 1,382 residents head out to work, 872 work right here, and 6,619 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Marianna on a workday afternoon, 72% more than live here.
3.3 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 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Marianna
Where Marianna clocks in
3% of workers
3% 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.
The 7,491 jobs based in Marianna
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marianna, 2013 → 2023: 7,173 → 7,491. 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 Marianna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Marianna takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marianna workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,336 commuters (the 5% 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 in the region Marianna works
About 30% 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.
Getting around Marianna: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marianna is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #355 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Marianna 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 2,454 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). 4.9% of Marianna households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marianna’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,739th of 3,122: where Marianna ranks among U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Southwest Ranches FL | 7,773 | $161K | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Neptune Beach FL | 7,020 | $119K | 3.1% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 335 | Westlake FL | 9,042 | $132K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,737 | McKees Rocks PA | 5,624 | $41K | 32.1% | 10.2% | 4% | C− |
| 2,738 | Buena Vista Township MI | 7,473 | $44K | 20.7% | 7.4% | 5% | C− |
| 2,739 | Marianna FL | 7,289 | $40K | 22.1% | 3.2% | 39% | C− |
| 2,740 | Ruidoso NM | 7,580 | $53K | 20.6% | 3.3% | 46% | C− |
| 2,741 | Gun Barrel City TX | 7,133 | $71K | 16.1% | 8.7% | 11% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,122 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Marianna, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door to Marianna
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marianna workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marianna | – | C− | B | 24 min | $40,414 |
| Greenwood | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Greenwood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marianna’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 Marianna: questions
What is the median household income in Marianna?
$40,414 (±$7,071) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marianna?
22.1%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marianna?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marianna work?
39% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Panama City (4%, 42 mi), Chipley (3%, 18 mi), Tallahassee (3%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marianna walkable?
Marianna is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marianna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marianna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marianna
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.