Marine has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Marine itself; outside it, St. Louis draws the most (14%, 27 miles). Employers in Marine report 83 jobs for 370 working residents. Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average; the Illinois average is 28, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Marine, in brief
Marine is a place people come home to
There are 83 jobs based in Marine, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marine has about 680 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Marine’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Marine is St. Louis, MO, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (50) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Marine are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
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 370 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Marine by day
On a workday 369 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Marine on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
How many miles Marine commutes
About 18% 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.
Time on the road from Marine: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marine workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 449 commuters (the 11% 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.
Out of Marine to work: where people go
Where Marine clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 35% of Marine’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marine, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 83. 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 Marine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Marine: questions
What is the median household income in Marine?
$76,544 (±$10,636) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marine?
4.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marine?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marine work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Louis (14%, 27 mi), Edwardsville (9%, 11 mi), Troy (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Marine 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 Marine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marine
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.