Fort Wayne draws about half of Marion Township’s working residents
The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. Jobs and income earn Marion Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Only 3% work in Marion Township; the top destination outside it is Fort Wayne (47%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Marion Township
Nearly half of Marion Township works in Fort Wayne
852 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Fort Wayne, 11 miles away. That’s 16 times as many as work in Marion Township itself. The commute map ↓
Marion Township is a place people come home to
There are 232 jobs based in Marion Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marion Township has about 2,500 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
How Marion Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marion Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #372 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Marion Township’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marion Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
Where people from Marion Township work
Where Marion Township clocks in
9% of workers
4% 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.
Marion Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,751 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Marion Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.13 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.
41% of the jobs in Marion Township make or build things
232 jobs are based in Marion Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marion Township, 2014 → 2024: 257 → 232. 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 Marion Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Marion Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marion Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,502 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Marion Township
About 16% 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.
Few in Marion Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marion Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #589 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Marion 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 1,638 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). 0.9% of Marion Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marion Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Marion Township ranks: 2,471st of 4,283 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 85 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 96 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 8% | A+ |
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| 139 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 2,469 | Benton NY | 3,014 | $75K | 19.4% | 0.9% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,470 | Centerville TN | 3,589 | $59K | 9.6% | 1.5% | 25% | C+ |
| 2,471 | Marion Township IN | 4,065 | $68K | 11.5% | 5.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,472 | Watervliet Township MI | 3,126 | $59K | 22.0% | 0.9% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,473 | Danbury Township OH | 4,859 | $76K | 6.2% | 6.0% | 18% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,283 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Marion Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Around Marion Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Pleasant Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marion Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Township | – | C+ | D− | 25 min | $68,000 |
| Adams Township | under 2% | C | B+ | 25 min | $60,041 |
| Pleasant Township | 1% | B+ | D | 23 min | $75,678 |
| Madison Township | under 2% | B | D | 25 min | $84,167 |
| Preble Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 21 min | $78,125 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 29 min | $73,736 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marion 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 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 Marion Township: questions
What is the median household income in Marion Township?
$68,000 (±$21,895) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marion Township?
11.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marion Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marion Township work?
3% work in town.
Is Marion Township walkable?
Marion Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marion Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marion Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marion Township
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.