Photo: Tamanoeconomico · CC BY-SA 4.0Marsing at work: jobs, income and the commute
4% of workers have no commute at all (Idaho 13%). Jobs and income earn Marsing C+; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 8% work in Marsing; the top destination outside it is Nampa (15%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Marsing, in brief
Marsing and Nampa trade workers both ways
Nampa is the top workplace for Marsing residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Marsing come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Marsing than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Marsing fell from 686 in 2013 to 308 in 2023, −55%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Marsing pay little
35% of the jobs based in Marsing pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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; with 446 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Marsing’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Marsing is better than 43% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Marsing’s grade.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Marsing’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Marsing could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The places Marsing commutes to
Where Marsing clocks in
15% of workers
15% of workers
13% 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.
Inside Marsing’s 308 jobs
308 jobs are based in Marsing.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marsing, 2013 → 2023: 686 → 308. 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 Marsing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Marsing for work, and who comes in
On a workday 411 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 273 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Marsing on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
About 28 minutes to work from Marsing
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marsing workers work from home, vs 13% across Idaho. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 595 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Idaho: 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.
The commute from Marsing, by distance
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.
In Marsing, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marsing is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.5% across Idaho.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 618 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). 3.1% of Marsing households have no vehicle (Idaho 3.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marsing’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Marsing ranks 2,005th of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 544 | Ucon ID | 1,196 | $89K | 4.2% | 1.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 610 | Robie Creek ID | 1,213 | $106K | 2.5% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 877 | Groveland ID | 1,422 | $76K | 2.0% | 4.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,003 | Winthrop MN | 1,341 | $69K | 6.1% | 6.5% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,004 | Sterling Township PA | 1,523 | $70K | 8.1% | 3.2% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,005 | Marsing ID | 1,230 | $70K | 10.2% | 1.7% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,006 | Altamont KS | 1,053 | $65K | 4.5% | 1.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,007 | Blue Ridge TX | 1,265 | $77K | 20.6% | 2.8% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Marsing, the top three, the last and three more from Idaho.
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 Marsing: questions
What is the median household income in Marsing?
$70,202 (±$18,298) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,800 across Idaho and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marsing?
10.2%, against 10.6% across Idaho and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marsing?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Idaho and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marsing work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nampa (15%, 13 mi), Boise City (15%, 29 mi), Caldwell (13%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marsing walkable?
Marsing is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marsing without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marsing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marsing
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.