Hans Hanson House · Photo: Swampyank at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Marquette has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Marquette has 111 jobs for 297 working residents. Only 2% work in Marquette; the top destination outside it is McPherson (21%, 16 miles). Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers (Kansas 12%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Marquette, in brief
Marquette workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 20 across Kansas. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Marquette workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 297 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting from Marquette: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marquette workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 301 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who works in Marquette, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 292 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Marquette on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Marquette to work: where people go
Where Marquette clocks in
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.
What Marquette’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marquette, 2014 → 2024: 63 → 111. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marquette’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Marquette to work
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Marquette: questions
What is the median household income in Marquette?
$61,923 (±$19,244) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marquette?
14.7%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marquette?
30 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marquette work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McPherson (21%, 16 mi), Salina (12%, 21 mi), McPherson Township (10%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Marquette without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marquette, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marquette
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.