Most of Marion Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Marion Township A; getting around on foot earns it D. Employers in Marion Township report 151 jobs, against 669 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Marion Township in brief
Marion Township is a place people come home to
There are 151 jobs based in Marion Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marion Township has about 1,000 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
31% of Marion Township works in Indianapolis
209 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Indianapolis, 26 miles away. That’s 16 times as many as work in Marion Township itself. The commute map ↓
Marion Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 669 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Marion Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Marion Township is better than 90% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Marion Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Marion Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Marion Township by day and by night
On a workday 658 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Marion Township 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.
31% of working residents work in Indianapolis
Where Marion Township clocks in
31% of workers
8% 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.
Time on the road from Marion Township: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 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 659 commuters (the 13% 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.
65% of the jobs in Marion Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marion Township, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 151. 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 Marion Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Marion Township’s workers travel
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.
In Marion Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marion Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 755 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). 3.3% of Marion Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Marion Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Marion Township comes 315th on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 7 | Meridian Hills IN | 1,800 | $212K | 0.8% | 3.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 111 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 313 | Wardsville MO | 1,667 | $121K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A |
| 314 | Kalmar Township MN | 1,157 | $161K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 315 | Marion Township IN | 1,539 | $106K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 316 | Byron WI | 1,679 | $105K | 3.2% | 0.4% | 2% | A |
| 317 | Lake Shore UT | 1,129 | $99K | 0.0% | 20.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Marion Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Around Marion Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marion Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Township | – | A | D | 34 min | $106,250 |
| Clay Township | under 3% | A | D | 31 min | $99,792 |
| Center Township | under 3% | A | C− | 28 min | $97,017 |
| Eel River Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $86,369 |
| Floyd Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 32 min | $88,442 |
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 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 Marion Township: questions
What is the median household income in Marion Township?
$106,250 (±$15,465) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marion Township?
3.5%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marion Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marion Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (31%, 26 mi), Danville (8%, 8 mi), Brownsburg (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marion Township walkable?
Marion Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marion Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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), 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.