Photo: Mitchazenia · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Marceline have lower incomes than those in 68% of U.S. towns
19.4% of residents are in poverty, where Missouri as a whole has 12.6%. Marceline grades D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in three work in Marceline; the top destination outside it is Brookfield (15%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Marceline apart
Marceline and Brookfield trade workers both ways
Brookfield is the top workplace for Marceline residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Marceline come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Marceline makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Marceline are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Marceline residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Marceline are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Missouri. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Missouri 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; with 830 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Marceline
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marceline is better than 14% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Marceline’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%); 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 could be anywhere from D− to B.
Where the trip to work from Marceline ends
Where Marceline clocks in
Lines 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.
50% of the jobs in Marceline make or build things
1,059 jobs are based in Marceline.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marceline, 2013 → 2023: 1,071 → 1,059. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Marceline: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marceline workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 895 commuters (the 7% 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 Marceline on a workday
On a workday 563 residents head out to work, 267 work right here, and 792 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Marceline on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 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.
Where in the region Marceline works
About 26% 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.
Marceline is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marceline is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% 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 965 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). 1.9% of Marceline households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Marceline’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,378th of 5,404: where Marceline ranks among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Warson Woods MO | 1,990 | $207K | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 51 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,376 | Veedersburg IN | 2,117 | $58K | 17.1% | 5.5% | 9% | D |
| 4,377 | Wesson MS | 1,769 | $65K | 27.5% | 5.2% | 6% | D |
| 4,378 | Marceline MO | 2,116 | $63K | 19.4% | 5.2% | 32% | D |
| 4,379 | New Ellenton SC | 2,338 | $58K | 17.3% | 9.1% | 3% | D |
| 4,380 | Dayton NY | 1,637 | $69K | 18.3% | 1.4% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | 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, 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 Marceline: questions
What is the median household income in Marceline?
$63,355 (±$18,469) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marceline?
19.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marceline?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marceline work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookfield (15%, 8 mi), Chillicothe (3%, 32 mi), Clark Township (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marceline walkable?
Marceline is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marceline 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marceline
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.