Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWhere Marrowbone earns its living
Only 4% stay in Marrowbone for work; outside it, Burkesville is the main destination (32%, 8 miles). Working from home is the commute for 17% of workers; Kentucky has 10%. 93 jobs are based in Marrowbone for 56 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Marrowbone
On a workday 54 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Marrowbone on a workday afternoon, 49% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Marrowbone: where workers come from
Where Marrowbone clocks in
32% of workers
5% 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.
68% of the jobs in Marrowbone pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marrowbone, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 93. 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 Marrowbone’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Marrowbone
of Marrowbone workers work from home, vs 10% across Kentucky. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Kentucky: 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.
How far it is to work from Marrowbone
About 27% 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.
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 Marrowbone: questions
What is the poverty rate in Marrowbone?
0.0%, against 16.1% across Kentucky and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Marrowbone work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burkesville (32%, 8 mi), Columbia (5%, 22 mi), Glasgow (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Marrowbone without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 38% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marrowbone, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marrowbone
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.