With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Marble Rock works elsewhere
There are 19 jobs in Marble Rock; 118 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Marble Rock for work; outside it, Mason City is the main destination (19%, 21 miles). 4% of workers work from home, next to 11% for Iowa as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Marble Rock for work, and who comes in
On a workday 117 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Marble Rock on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Commuting out of Marble Rock: the destinations
Where Marble Rock clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Marble Rock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marble Rock, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 19. 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 Marble Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of Iowa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marble Rock workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 95 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Marble Rock
About 21% 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.
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 Marble Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Marble Rock?
$65,625 (±$25,982) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marble Rock?
6.3%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marble Rock?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marble Rock work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mason City (19%, 21 mi), Waverly (5%, 26 mi), Charles City (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Marble Rock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marble Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marble Rock
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.