Strother's Farm · Photo: Jud McCranie · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Marshallville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Marshallville itself; outside it, Fort Valley draws the most (11%, 7 miles). 74 jobs are based in Marshallville; 317 of its residents have a job. At 29 minutes each way, commutes from Marshallville run about the Georgia average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Marshallville, in a few figures
Marshallville is a place people come home to
There are 74 jobs based in Marshallville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marshallville has about 740 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
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; with 317 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Marshallville
On a workday 307 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Marshallville on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Marshallville
About 31% 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.
Where Marshallville’s working residents head each day
Where Marshallville clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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 kinds of work in Marshallville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marshallville, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 74. 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 Marshallville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Marshallville: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marshallville workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 360 commuters (the 10% 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.
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 Marshallville: questions
What is the median household income in Marshallville?
$23,068 (±$8,142) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marshallville?
40.0%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marshallville?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marshallville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Valley (11%, 7 mi), Warner Robins (10%, 19 mi), Perry (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Marshallville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marshallville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marshallville
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.