Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Marble Hill earn less than those in 97% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 29.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri. Marble Hill grades D− for jobs and income and C for walkability. For 3% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Missouri.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Marble Hill and work: the main findings
Marble Hill’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Marble Hill is Cape Girardeau, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (89) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Marble Hill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Marble Hill workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Missouri. 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 597 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Marble Hill’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Marble Hill is better than 2% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Marble Hill’s grade.
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Marble Hill’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Marble Hill could be anywhere from D− to D.
Short hops and long hauls from Marble Hill
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.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Marble Hill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marble Hill workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 670 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 86% 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.
In and out of Marble Hill on a workday
On a workday 522 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 682 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Marble Hill on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 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.
15% of working residents work in Cape Girardeau
Where Marble Hill clocks in
15% 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.
What the 757 jobs in Marble Hill are
757 jobs are based in Marble Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marble Hill, 2013 → 2023: 895 → 757. 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 Marble Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Marble Hill, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marble Hill is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.2% across Missouri.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 689 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). 9.0% of Marble Hill households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marble Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marble Hill next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,687 | Mansura LA | 1,260 | $22K | 52.2% | 30.2% | 8% | D− |
| 5,688 | Mound Bayou MS | 1,381 | $24K | 46.4% | 4.4% | 10% | D− |
| 5,689 | Marble Hill MO | 1,380 | $38K | 29.5% | 4.2% | 13% | D− |
| 5,690 | Mansfield MO | 1,317 | $30K | 32.1% | 5.3% | 16% | D− |
| 5,691 | Santa Anna TX | 1,043 | $44K | 24.8% | 2.2% | 11% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Marble Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
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 Marble Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Marble Hill?
$37,734 (±$9,734) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marble Hill?
29.5%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marble Hill?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marble Hill work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cape Girardeau (15%, 23 mi), Jackson (8%, 19 mi), Perryville (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marble Hill walkable?
Marble Hill is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marble Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marble Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marble Hill
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.