Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Earning a living in Marion Center
Working residents average 36 minutes each way, where Massachusetts has 29 and the U.S. 26. Only 5% stay in Marion Center for work; outside it, Marion is the main destination (15%, 1 miles). At home: 25% of workers have no commute at all (Massachusetts 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Marion Center, in a few figures
The daily trip from Marion Center: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marion Center workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 495 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Marion Center
On a workday 440 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 616 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Marion Center on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Marion Center’s residents
Where Marion Center clocks in
15% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Marion Center
641 jobs are based in Marion Center.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marion Center, 2013 → 2023: 773 → 641. 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 Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Marion Center
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 Marion Center: questions
What is the median household income in Marion Center?
$150,700 (±$40,161) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marion Center?
13.5%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marion Center?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marion Center work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (15%, 1 mi), New Bedford (9%, 10 mi), Wareham (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Marion Center without a car?
6% 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 Marion Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marion Center
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.