Marionville has higher unemployment (9.7%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Marionville D; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 6% stay in Marionville for work; outside it, Springfield is the main destination (25%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Marionville in brief
Income, poverty and work: Marionville’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marionville is better than 9% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Marionville’s grade up (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marionville could be anywhere from D to C+.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Marionville
About 16% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Marionville
On a workday 819 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 425 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Marionville on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.55 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 places Marionville commutes to
Where Marionville clocks in
25% of workers
8% 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 Marionville’s employers do
477 jobs are based in Marionville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marionville, 2013 → 2023: 563 → 477. 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 Marionville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Marionville: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marionville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,210 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.
The commute in Marionville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marionville is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 1,286 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). 4.8% of Marionville households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marionville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Marionville is 4,450th of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Weatherby Lake MO | 2,139 | $153K | 3.4% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 48 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,448 | Windsor Township OH | 1,879 | $56K | 13.6% | 2.2% | 2% | D |
| 4,449 | Postville IA | 2,402 | $49K | 23.7% | 5.2% | 26% | D |
| 4,450 | Marionville MO | 2,108 | $50K | 21.0% | 9.7% | 6% | D |
| 4,451 | Clayton NY | 1,656 | $61K | 19.5% | 2.9% | 25% | D |
| 4,452 | St. Pauls NC | 2,109 | $37K | 37.7% | 8.8% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | 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 Marionville, 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 Marionville: questions
What is the median household income in Marionville?
$49,631 (±$6,963) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marionville?
21.0%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marionville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marionville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (25%, 23 mi), Aurora (9%, 5 mi), Monett (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marionville walkable?
Marionville is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marionville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marionville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marionville
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.