With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Marley works elsewhere
Marley has 17 jobs, and 50 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Marley itself; outside it, Chicago draws the most (18%, 24 miles). At home: 57% of workers have no commute at all (Illinois 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Marley
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 63 people are in Marley on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 Marley: the destinations
Where Marley clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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.
Most jobs in Marley are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marley, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 17. 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 Marley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Marley
of Marley workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 commuters (the 57% 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 Marley goes to work
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 Marley: questions
What is the poverty rate in Marley?
0.0%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Marley work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (18%, 24 mi), New Lenox (12%, 4 mi), Tinley Park (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Marley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marley
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.