Fewer people are out of work in Marrs Township (0.6%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Marrs Township; the top destination outside it is Evansville (47%, 13 miles). Marrs Township grades A for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Measured by household income, Marrs Township is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Marrs Township
Nearly half of Marrs Township works in Evansville
1,218 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Evansville, 13 miles away. That’s 12 times as many as work in Marrs Township itself. The commute map ↓
Marrs Township is a place people come home to
There are 507 jobs based in Marrs Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marrs Township has about 3,300 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 Marrs Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marrs Township is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #73 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marrs Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Commuting out of Marrs Township: the destinations
Where Marrs Township clocks in
47% 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 leaves Marrs Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,492 residents head out to work, 110 work right here, and 397 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Marrs Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.19 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.
A place that makes things: 34% of Marrs Township’s jobs are in goods
507 jobs are based in Marrs Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marrs Township, 2013 → 2023: 407 → 507. 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 Marrs Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Marrs Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marrs Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,620 commuters (the 5% 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 Marrs Township
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 Marrs Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,767 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). 0.8% of Marrs Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marrs Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Marrs Township is 579th of 3,541 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 88 | Worth Township IN | 6,688 | $123K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 577 | Media PA | 5,920 | $89K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 9% | A |
| 578 | Milton WI | 6,024 | $86K | 6.5% | 0.9% | 12% | A |
| 579 | Marrs Township IN | 5,388 | $104K | 7.3% | 0.6% | 4% | A |
| 580 | Steele Creek AK | 5,928 | $121K | 3.3% | 0.5% | — | A |
| 581 | Brielle NJ | 4,959 | $172K | 1.3% | 6.6% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Marrs Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
The towns next door employ 11% of Marrs Township
The biggest share goes to Black Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marrs Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marrs Township | – | A | D− | 23 min | $103,750 |
| Black Township | 6% | B− | B | 19 min | $71,183 |
| Perry Township | 5% | B | B | 19 min | $66,340 |
| Robinson Township | under 1% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $98,135 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marrs 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 Marrs Township: questions
What is the median household income in Marrs Township?
$103,750 (±$25,352) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marrs Township?
7.3%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marrs Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marrs Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (47%, 13 mi), Black Township (6%, 8 mi), Mount Vernon (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marrs Township walkable?
Marrs Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marrs Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marrs Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marrs 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.