Photo: T.S. Custadio aka ToddC4176 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Marion has higher household incomes than 94% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 47.9 in Boston. 9.0% of residents are in poverty; Massachusetts has 10.0%. For jobs and income Marion is better than 64% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Marion: the gist
Marion trades workers with the towns around it
Marion has about as many jobs (1,770) as working residents (2,031), but they are mostly different people: 1,706 residents leave for work each day while 1,445 people come in. Only 18% of the jobs in Marion are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Marion workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Marion
Household income holds Marion’s grade up ($143,092, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marion could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Who works in Marion, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,706 residents head out to work, 325 work right here, and 1,445 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 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.
A commute of about 34 minutes in Marion
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marion workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,024 commuters (the 20% 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.
8% of working residents work in New Bedford
Where Marion clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Marion: what the 1,770 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marion, 2013 → 2023: 1,868 → 1,770. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Marion
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.
Marion is easy on foot, hard by bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,533 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.3% of Marion households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Marion’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Marion ranks: 1,408th of 3,488 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Lincoln MA | 6,925 | $175K | 2.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Hopedale MA | 6,066 | $116K | 2.9% | 1.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | West Newbury MA | 4,709 | $180K | 1.6% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,406 | Connoquenessing Township PA | 4,151 | $85K | 10.2% | 3.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,407 | Cedar Creek TX | 4,440 | $74K | 14.2% | 1.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,408 | Marion MA | 5,366 | $143K | 9.0% | 5.7% | 16% | B |
| 1,409 | Gun Plain Township MI | 6,169 | $89K | 10.2% | 3.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,410 | West Pleasant View CO | 5,051 | $96K | 11.7% | 5.6% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,488 | 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 Marion, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Next door is work for 10% of Marion
The biggest share goes to Wareham (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marion workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | – | B | A− | 34 min | $143,092 |
| Wareham | 7% | B+ | B | 28 min | $90,383 |
| Weweantic | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Rochester | under 3% | A− | C− | 37 min | $120,273 |
| Mattapoisett | 3% | A+ | B− | 29 min | $130,241 |
| Pocasset | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Bourne | under 3% | B | B+ | 26 min | $91,058 |
| Mattapoisett Center | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Weweantic, Pocasset and Mattapoisett Center: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marion’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: questions
What is the median household income in Marion?
$143,092 (±$30,325) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marion?
9.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marion?
34 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marion work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Bedford (8%, 10 mi), Wareham (7%, 4 mi), Boston (6%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marion walkable?
Marion is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marion without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marion, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marion
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.