Photo: Mitchazenia · CC BY-SA 4.0Marceline Township at work: jobs, income and the commute
About one in three stay in Marceline Township for work; outside it, Marceline is the main destination (33%, 1 miles). The two grades for Marceline Township are C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. At home: 6% of workers have no commute at all (Missouri 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Marceline Township
Marceline Township and Marceline trade workers both ways
Marceline is the top workplace for Marceline Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Marceline Township come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Marceline Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri worker. Time on the road ↓
Marceline Township makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Marceline Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Marceline Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Marceline Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marceline Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #175 of 247 in Missouri. Household income holds Marceline Township’s grade up ($74,872, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marceline Township could be anywhere from D to B.
The towns that employ Marceline Township’s residents
Where Marceline Township clocks in
33% 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.
Each way, about 16 minutes from Marceline Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marceline Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,057 commuters (the 6% 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 Marceline Township, 45% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,053 jobs are based in Marceline Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marceline Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,090 → 1,053. 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 Marceline Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Marceline Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 695 residents head out to work, 332 work right here, and 721 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 (1.03 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Marceline Township
About 25% 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.
For most of Marceline Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marceline Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #172 of 247 in Missouri. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of 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 1,127 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). 1.7% of Marceline Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Marceline Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marceline Township places 3,757th of 5,083 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 50 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,755 | Madison NC | 2,190 | $53K | 8.0% | 10.3% | 8% | C− |
| 3,756 | East Pittsburgh PA | 1,835 | $39K | 45.4% | 2.8% | 2% | C− |
| 3,757 | Marceline Township MO | 2,589 | $75K | 17.9% | 4.5% | 32% | C− |
| 3,758 | Washington Township MO | 2,359 | $63K | 23.1% | 3.4% | 5% | C− |
| 3,759 | Westfall Township PA | 3,423 | $72K | 8.2% | 15.0% | 9% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Marceline Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Marceline Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Clark Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marceline Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marceline Township | – | C− | B− | 16 min | $74,872 |
| Bucklin Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Yellow Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Clark Township | 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Brookfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Yellow Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bucklin Township, Yellow Creek Township, Clark Township and Yellow Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Brookfield Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marceline Township’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 Marceline Township: questions
What is the median household income in Marceline Township?
$74,872 (±$7,866) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marceline Township?
17.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marceline Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marceline Township work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marceline (33%, 1 mi), Brookfield (16%, 8 mi), Chillicothe (4%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marceline Township walkable?
Marceline Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marceline Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marceline Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marceline Township
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.