Marksville Prehistoric Indian Site · Photo: Herb Roe · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Marksville earn less than those in 98% of U.S. towns
Marksville grades D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Below the poverty line: 34.6% of residents; Louisiana has 18.9%. About one in four work in Marksville; the top destination outside it is Alexandria (10%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Marksville, in a few figures
Marksville is where the jobs are
Marksville has 3,395 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Marksville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Marksville workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Marksville’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Marksville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Marksville is Alexandria, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (157) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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.
The four measures behind Marksville’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marksville is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #129 of 161 in Louisiana. Unemployment holds Marksville’s grade up (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marksville could be anywhere from D− to C.
How a workday changes Marksville
On a workday 1,128 residents head out to work, 444 work right here, and 2,951 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Marksville on a workday afternoon, 38% more than live here.
2.2 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.
How long Marksville spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marksville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,616 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 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.
Jobs in Marksville: what the 3,395 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marksville, 2013 → 2023: 3,826 → 3,395. 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 Marksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Marksville commutes
About 24% 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.
Where the people who work in Marksville live
Where Marksville clocks in
10% 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.
Driving is how Marksville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marksville is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #58 of 161 in Louisiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Louisiana, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,697 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). 15.2% of Marksville households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marksville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Marksville sits among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 305 | Hahnville LA | 3,520 | $101K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,059 | Elmwood LA | 6,077 | $89K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 13% | B+ |
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| 1,333 | Westlake LA | 4,763 | $68K | 12.1% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
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| 3,600 | Piggott AR | 3,508 | $44K | 21.4% | 4.8% | 37% | D |
| 3,601 | Frostproof FL | 3,519 | $42K | 26.8% | 5.3% | 5% | D |
| 3,602 | Marksville LA | 4,744 | $36K | 34.6% | 5.1% | 28% | D |
| 3,603 | Weaverville CA | 4,018 | $66K | 17.5% | 8.3% | 50% | D |
| 3,604 | Experiment GA | 3,387 | $33K | 33.7% | 12.4% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | 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 Marksville, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Next door to Marksville
The biggest share goes to Mansura (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marksville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marksville | – | D | B+ | 34 min | $36,202 |
| Mansura | 4% | D− | C− | 34 min | $21,797 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marksville’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 Marksville: questions
What is the median household income in Marksville?
$36,202 (±$13,349) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marksville?
34.6%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marksville?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marksville work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexandria (10%, 27 mi), Mansura (4%, 4 mi), Cottonport (2%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marksville walkable?
Marksville is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marksville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marksville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marksville
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.