Photo: Bubba73 · CC BY-SA 3.0Marietta draws 65,261 commuters a day, with 2.7 jobs for every working resident
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 22.2 in Atlanta. Marietta has 68,549 jobs for 24,937 working residents. Jobs and income earn Marietta B; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Marietta and work: the main findings
Marietta is where the jobs are
Marietta has 68,549 jobs, 2.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 107,000 people are in town, 69% more than the 64,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Marietta draws workers from far and wide
The 68,549 jobs in Marietta are filled from a wide area. Marietta’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 17%; the other 78% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Marietta’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marietta is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #68 of 263 in Georgia. Job access by car holds Marietta’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marietta could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Who commutes out of Marietta, and who commutes in
On a workday 21,649 residents head out to work and 3,288 work right here.
About 107,000 people are in Marietta on a workday afternoon, 69% more 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.
Commuting in to Marietta: where workers come from
Where Marietta clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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.
69% of the jobs in Marietta pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marietta, 2013 → 2023: 67,104 → 68,549. 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 Marietta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Marietta: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marietta workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25,795 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% 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.
Marietta’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Marietta is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marietta is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #48 of 263 in Georgia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above the 3.1% across Georgia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 31,982 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 61% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 13% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 8.8% of Marietta households have no vehicle (Georgia 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Marietta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 45,000 to 86,000, Marietta ranks 385th of 687 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Dunwoody GA | 51,792 | $122K | 6.1% | 1.9% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Johns Creek GA | 80,401 | $160K | 4.2% | 4.1% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 141 | Alpharetta GA | 66,921 | $148K | 5.6% | 4.9% | 18% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 383 | Center Township IN | 47,315 | $80K | 11.0% | 3.6% | 27% | B |
| 384 | Woodland CA | 62,513 | $90K | 8.2% | 5.8% | 25% | B |
| 385 | Marietta GA | 63,574 | $73K | 12.8% | 3.8% | 13% | B |
| 386 | Portland ME | 69,911 | $80K | 11.2% | 4.2% | 48% | B |
| 387 | Kentwood MI | 54,776 | $74K | 10.4% | 4.5% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 687 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 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 Marietta, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
Next door to Marietta
The biggest share goes to Smyrna (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Marietta’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 Marietta: questions
What is the median household income in Marietta?
$72,725 (±$6,808) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marietta?
12.8%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marietta?
28 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marietta work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlanta (16%, 15 mi), Sandy Springs (6%, 10 mi), Alpharetta (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marietta walkable?
Marietta is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marietta without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 13% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marietta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marietta
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.