Photo: Evking22 · CC BY-SA 4.0More people are out of work in Marion Township (8.3%) than in 89% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Marion Township for work; outside it, Bedford is the main destination (17%, 8 miles). Marion Township grades D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Marion Township, in a few figures
Where Marion Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marion Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #579 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate holds Marion Township’s grade up (14.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marion Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
Goods jobs make up 35% of work in Marion Township
2,299 jobs are based in Marion Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marion Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,472 → 2,299. 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 a workday changes Marion Township
On a workday 3,114 residents head out to work, 559 work right here, and 1,740 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Marion Township on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
The towns that employ Marion Township’s residents
Where Marion Township clocks in
17% of workers
10% 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 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 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 3,607 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Marion Township
About 23% 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 37% of U.S. towns, #360 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 3,838 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). 3.1% 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.
Marion Township and other U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 160 | Miller Township IN | 10,161 | $113K | 3.0% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 181 | Lakes of the Four Seasons IN | 7,402 | $122K | 3.1% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,732 | Cairo GA | 10,150 | $41K | 28.8% | 5.2% | 28% | D |
| 2,733 | Campbellsville KY | 11,783 | $50K | 23.4% | 7.4% | 38% | D |
| 2,734 | Marion Township IN | 9,002 | $51K | 14.7% | 8.3% | 15% | D |
| 2,735 | Port Jervis NY | 8,518 | $48K | 22.2% | 6.6% | 16% | D |
| 2,736 | Sylacauga AL | 12,055 | $50K | 21.0% | 6.7% | 19% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,891 | 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.
The towns around Marion Township
The biggest share goes to Shawswick Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marion Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Township | – | D | C+ | 23 min | $51,262 |
| Shawswick Township | 2% | C+ | B− | 27 min | $60,354 |
| Guthrie Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 39 min | $60,144 |
| Bono Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Spice Valley Township | under 2% | C | C− | 35 min | $81,667 |
| Indian Creek Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 34 min | $92,853 |
| Orleans Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 19 min | $67,396 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bono 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?
$51,262 (±$6,664) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marion Township?
14.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marion Township?
23 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?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bedford (17%, 8 mi), Mitchell (12%, 1 mi), Bloomington (10%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marion Township walkable?
Marion Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marion Township without a car?
0% 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.