Photo: NatFee · CC BY-SA 4.0Marquette Heights has lower unemployment (1.3%) than 92% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Marquette Heights A; getting around on foot earns it D. For 7% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Illinois. Only 2% work in Marquette Heights itself; outside it, Peoria draws the most (29%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Marquette Heights: the gist
Marquette Heights is a place people come home to
There are 153 jobs based in Marquette Heights, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marquette Heights has about 1,400 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Marquette Heights are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Marquette Heights residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
29% of Marquette Heights works in Peoria
352 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Peoria, 9.2 miles away. That’s 15 times as many as work in Marquette Heights itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Marquette Heights’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marquette Heights is better than 88% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($75,625, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marquette Heights could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Marquette Heights by day and by night
On a workday 1,200 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Marquette Heights on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.12 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 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Marquette Heights: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marquette Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,235 commuters (the 7% 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 it is to work from Marquette Heights
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Commuting out of Marquette Heights: the destinations
Where Marquette Heights 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Marquette Heights
153 jobs are based in Marquette Heights.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marquette Heights, 2014 → 2024: 232 → 153. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marquette Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Marquette Heights is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marquette Heights is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Marquette Heights 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 1,324 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 3% 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). 1.8% of Marquette Heights households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marquette Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Marquette Heights places 460th of 5,401 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Prestbury IL | 2,045 | $165K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Wayne IL | 2,278 | $162K | 2.1% | 2.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 458 | Wood Township IN | 2,978 | $87K | 4.4% | 0.1% | 4% | A |
| 459 | Spring Prairie WI | 2,109 | $108K | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 460 | Marquette Heights IL | 2,485 | $76K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 2% | A |
| 461 | Erienna Township IL | 2,496 | $97K | 3.8% | 1.6% | 2% | A |
| 462 | Andrews AFB MD | 3,130 | $87K | 3.9% | 4.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Marquette Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
12% of Marquette Heights works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marquette Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquette Heights | – | A | D | 18 min | $75,625 |
| North Pekin | under 2% | B+ | B− | 19 min | $80,224 |
| Creve Coeur | under 2% | C+ | C | 16 min | $47,993 |
| Pekin | 12% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $60,790 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pekin. Darker towns draw more of Marquette Heights’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 2024, 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 Marquette Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Marquette Heights?
$75,625 (±$19,253) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marquette Heights?
3.7%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marquette Heights?
18 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marquette Heights work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peoria (29%, 9 mi), Pekin (12%, 4 mi), East Peoria (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Marquette Heights walkable?
Marquette Heights is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marquette Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marquette Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marquette Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.