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Jobs & commute in Marcelline

Where Marcelline earns its living

0% of workers work from home (Illinois 16%). Hardly any work in Marcelline itself; outside it, Quincy draws the most (34%, 13 miles). Marcelline has 44 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Marcelline quiets down on a workday

On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

44live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night33
Workday0
33live here− 44head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Marcelline on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Commuting out of Marcelline: the destinations

Ursa: 1 residents work here (2%)Mendon: 1 residents work here (2%)Meredosia: 1 residents work here (2%)Mount Sterling: 2 residents work here (5%)Carthage: 2 residents work here (5%)Havana: 1 residents work here (2%)Canton: 2 residents work here (5%)Quincy: 15 residents work here (34%)Ellington Township: 3 residents work here (7%)Melrose Township: 3 residents work here (7%)MarcellineQuincyEllington TownshipMelrose TownshipMount SterlingCarthageCantonMarcelline
1
Quincy12.8 mi away
34%15
27%3
3
Melrose Township16.3 mi away
7%3
4
Mount Sterling33.2 mi away
5%2
5
Carthage24 mi away
5%2
6
Canton76.6 mi away
5%2
7
Ursa3.1 mi away
2%1
8
Mendon4.8 mi away
2%1
9
Meredosia47.3 mi away
2%1
10
Havana70.2 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%13
The top trips

Where Marcelline clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Marcelline

Working from home
0%

of Marcelline workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Marcelline gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 33 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

The commute from Marcelline, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miQuincy: 34% · 12.8 miEllington Township: 7% · 9.1 miMelrose Township: 7% · 16.3 miMount Sterling: 5% · 33.2 miCarthage: 5% · 24 miCanton: 5% · 76.6 miUrsa: 2% · 3.1 miMendon: 2% · 4.8 miMeredosia: 2% · 47.3 miHavana: 2% · 70.2 miQuincy 34%Ellington Township 7%Melrose Township 7%Carthage 5%Marcelline
MarcellineTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi4 residents
59%10–24 mi26 residents
7%25–50 mi3 residents
25%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 25% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Marcelline: questions

What is the poverty rate in Marcelline?

0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Marcelline work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Quincy (34%, 13 mi), Ellington Township (7%, 9 mi), Melrose Township (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Marcelline without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Marcelline, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Marcelline

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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.