Marissa Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
8% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Illinois. Employers in Marissa Township report 498 jobs; 976 of its residents have a job. Marissa Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Marissa Township
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Marissa Township
On income, poverty and job access, Marissa Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Marissa Township’s grade.
Unemployment (9.8%) is left out: Marissa Township’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, Marissa Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Goods jobs make up 36% of work in Marissa Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marissa Township, 2013 → 2023: 578 → 498. 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 Marissa Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Marissa Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 906 residents head out to work, 70 work right here, and 428 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Marissa Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
10% of working residents work in Belleville
Where Marissa Township clocks in
10% 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.
The daily trip from Marissa Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marissa Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 724 commuters (the 8% 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.
Marissa Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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.
Most trips from Marissa Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marissa Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Marissa Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 787 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.8% of Marissa Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marissa Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,077th of 5,404: where Marissa Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 30 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Port Barrington IL | 1,584 | $150K | 2.7% | 2.9% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,075 | Oakley KS | 1,974 | $77K | 16.2% | 2.5% | 36% | C+ |
| 3,076 | Fulton TX | 1,647 | $56K | 7.9% | 5.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 3,077 | Marissa Township IL | 2,149 | $68K | 11.5% | 9.8% | 7% | C+ |
| 3,078 | Luce Township IN | 2,434 | $62K | 13.3% | 4.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 3,079 | New Buffalo Township MI | 2,517 | $92K | 13.6% | 12.9% | 13% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Marissa Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
The towns around Marissa Township
The biggest share goes to Marissa (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marissa Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marissa Township | – | C+ | C− | 29 min | $68,250 |
| Fayetteville Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 30 min | $100,858 |
| Lenzburg Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Lenzburg | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Lively Grove Township | 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Marissa | 6% | C− | C− | 30 min | $54,814 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lenzburg Township, Lenzburg and Lively Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marissa Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Marissa Township: questions
What is the median household income in Marissa Township?
$68,250 (±$24,721) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marissa Township?
11.5%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marissa Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marissa Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belleville (10%, 22 mi), Marissa (6%, 1 mi), St. Louis (5%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marissa Township walkable?
Marissa Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marissa Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marissa Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marissa Township
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.