Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Markle trail those of 80% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Markle is better than 26% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (B−). The poverty rate is 16.7%, where Indiana as a whole has 12.3%. Only 4% work in Markle itself; outside it, Fort Wayne draws the most (31%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Markle in brief
Markle makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Markle are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Markle residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
31% of Markle works in Fort Wayne
162 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Fort Wayne, 21 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Markle itself. 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; with 521 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Markle’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Markle’s grade up (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($56,000, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Markle’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, Markle could be anywhere from D to A−.
Factories, building and farms: 53% of the jobs in Markle
741 jobs are based in Markle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Markle, 2013 → 2023: 615 → 741. 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 Markle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Markle goes to work
Where Markle clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
In and out of Markle on a workday
On a workday 502 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 722 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Markle on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 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.
Getting to work from Markle takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Markle workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 430 commuters (the 12% 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 Markle
About 15% 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.
In Markle, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 489 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). 1.8% of Markle households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Markle’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Markle ranks: 2,281st of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,279 | Lyon Township MI | 1,279 | $68K | 8.2% | 3.2% | 7% | C |
| 2,280 | Hermon NY | 1,094 | $70K | 9.2% | 13.7% | 5% | C |
| 2,281 | Markle IN | 1,086 | $56K | 16.7% | 2.8% | 4% | C |
| 2,282 | Glidden IA | 1,133 | $68K | 11.7% | 3.0% | 3% | C |
| 2,283 | Middletown VA | 1,471 | $60K | 14.6% | 1.1% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Markle, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Markle
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Markle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markle | – | C | B− | 28 min | $56,000 |
| Union Township | under 2% | A | B− | 17 min | $102,763 |
| Rock Creek Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $77,100 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Markle’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 Markle: questions
What is the median household income in Markle?
$56,000 (±$23,725) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Markle?
16.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Markle?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Markle work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Wayne (31%, 21 mi), Huntington (11%, 9 mi), Bluffton (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Markle walkable?
Markle is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Markle without a car?
0% 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 Markle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Markle
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.