Hugh and Leona Rank House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMarion Township has lower household incomes than 70% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Marion Township C−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Below the poverty line: 14.3% of residents, against 12.3% across Indiana. About one in three stay in Marion Township for work; outside it, Rensselaer is the main destination (28%, 2 miles).
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
The quickest commute around
Marion Township’s 20-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 28 to 40 minutes. Next door ↓
Marion Township and Rensselaer trade workers both ways
Rensselaer is the top workplace for Marion Township residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Marion Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Marion Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marion Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns, #517 of 593 in Indiana. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Marion Township’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marion Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Commuting out of Marion Township: the destinations
Where Marion Township clocks in
28% of workers
5% 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.
Who works in Marion Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,153 residents head out to work, 975 work right here, and 2,758 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Making and building: 32% of jobs based in Marion Township
3,733 jobs are based in Marion Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marion Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,982 → 3,733. 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.
Commuting from Marion Township: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 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 2,906 commuters (the 6% 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.
Marion Township’s commute, mile by mile
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 Marion Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marion Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #236 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,079 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). 1.9% of Marion Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Marion Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,000, Marion Township ranks 2,624th of 3,201 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 115 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 163 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,622 | Mount Pleasant TN | 5,103 | $50K | 22.8% | 3.8% | 10% | C− |
| 2,623 | Prosser WA | 6,654 | $77K | 16.8% | 8.0% | 22% | C− |
| 2,624 | Marion Township IN | 6,660 | $62K | 14.3% | 5.4% | 31% | C− |
| 2,625 | Buffalo WY | 4,733 | $63K | 9.9% | 5.3% | 43% | C− |
| 2,626 | Westgate FL | 8,151 | $52K | 26.9% | 7.7% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,201 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
How Marion Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marion Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Township | – | C− | B− | 20 min | $62,252 |
| Barkley Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Jordan Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Newton Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Hanging Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Milroy Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Union Township | under 2% | D | D | 40 min | $30,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Barkley Township, Jordan Township, Newton Township, Hanging Grove Township and Milroy Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$62,252 (±$7,896) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marion Township?
14.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marion Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marion Township work?
31% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rensselaer (28%, 2 mi), Lafayette (6%, 39 mi), Remington (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marion Township walkable?
Marion Township is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marion Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% 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.