Households in Marrowbone Township have lower incomes than those in 90% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Marrowbone Township are C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. 9.3% of residents are in poverty (Illinois 11.8%). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Marrowbone Township apart
Inside Marrowbone Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Marrowbone Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Marrowbone Township’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($47,917, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Marrowbone 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, Marrowbone Township could be anywhere from D to B.
About 24 minutes each way for Marrowbone Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marrowbone Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 571 commuters (the 3% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Marrowbone Township
On a workday 671 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Marrowbone Township on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.39 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.
21% of working residents work in Sullivan
Where Marrowbone Township clocks in
21% of workers
6% 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.
What the 276 jobs in Marrowbone Township are
276 jobs are based in Marrowbone Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marrowbone Township, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 276. 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 Marrowbone Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Marrowbone Township
About 22% 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.
Driving is how Marrowbone Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marrowbone Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Marrowbone 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 591 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.3% of Marrowbone Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marrowbone Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Marrowbone Township ranks: 3,867th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 26 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 29 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
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| 39 | Bannockburn IL | 1,308 | $214K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
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| 3,865 | Britton SD | 1,199 | $63K | 9.0% | 0.0% | 25% | C− |
| 3,866 | Thorp WI | 1,781 | $53K | 9.8% | 3.5% | 22% | C− |
| 3,867 | Marrowbone Township IL | 1,562 | $48K | 9.3% | 2.4% | 5% | C− |
| 3,868 | Franklin Township OH | 1,175 | $47K | 8.8% | 1.8% | 5% | C− |
| 3,869 | Erath LA | 1,932 | $48K | 17.5% | 4.2% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Marrowbone Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Marrowbone Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marrowbone Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marrowbone Township | – | C− | C | 24 min | $47,917 |
| Sullivan Township | under 3% | B | A | 18 min | $68,984 |
| Dora Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Todds Point Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dora Township and Todds Point Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marrowbone 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 Marrowbone Township: questions
What is the median household income in Marrowbone Township?
$47,917 (±$21,748) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marrowbone Township?
9.3%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marrowbone Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marrowbone Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sullivan (21%, 8 mi), Decatur (11%, 18 mi), Mattoon (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marrowbone Township walkable?
Marrowbone Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marrowbone Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marrowbone Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marrowbone 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.