Marion Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Marion Township has 204 jobs, and 447 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Marion Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 8% stay in Marion Township for work; outside it, Fort Scott is the main destination (28%, 16 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
Marion Township and Fort Scott trade workers both ways
Fort Scott is the top workplace for Marion Township residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Marion Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 447 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Marion Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Marion Township’s grade up ($70,714, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.0%) 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 D− to C+.
Where people from Marion Township work
Where Marion Township clocks in
28% of workers
4% 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.
The distance from Marion Township to work
About 36% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Marion Township
On a workday 413 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Marion Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
What Marion Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marion Township, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 204. 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 long Marion Township spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marion Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 602 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
Most trips from Marion Township start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 647 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). 3.8% of Marion Township households have no vehicle (Kansas 5.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marion Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marion Township is 2,966th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 37 | Lake Quivira KS | 1,005 | $178K | 3.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 72 | Delaware Township KS | 1,121 | $119K | 2.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Kanwaka Township KS | 1,493 | $126K | 2.5% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,964 | London AR | 1,061 | $50K | 24.8% | 2.1% | 7% | D |
| 2,965 | New Boston Township IL | 1,133 | $48K | 11.0% | 2.7% | 1% | D |
| 2,966 | Marion Township KS | 1,107 | $71K | 17.3% | 2.0% | 8% | D |
| 2,967 | Sedgwick ME | 1,203 | $70K | 16.9% | 1.9% | 5% | D |
| 2,968 | Masonville NY | 1,227 | $59K | 12.2% | 2.9% | 6% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Marion Township, the top three, the last and three more from Kansas.
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 | – | D | C− | 22 min | $70,714 |
| Elsmore Township | under 3% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| Walnut Township | under 3% | — | — | 58 min | — |
| Marmaton Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Mill Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Marmaton Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Elsmore Township, Walnut Township, Marmaton Township, Franklin Township, Mill Creek Township and Marmaton 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?
$70,714 (±$20,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marion Township?
17.3%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marion Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marion Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Scott (28%, 16 mi), Uniontown (5%, 1 mi), Pittsburg (4%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marion Township walkable?
Marion Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marion Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.