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Jobs & commute in Marquand

Jobs and earnings in Marquand, and the trip to work

Only 7% work in Marquand; the top destination outside it is Fredericktown (23%, 12 miles). 4% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Missouri as a whole. The average commute takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Marquand by day

On a workday 69 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.

69live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
69work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night190
Workday190
190live here− 69head out to work+ 69come in to work= 190on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 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.

The commute map

The towns that employ Marquand’s residents

HarrisburgCarbondale: 1 residents work here (1%)Cahokia Heights: 1 residents work here (1%)MarquandJunction CityBismarckIrontonMarble HillIron Mountain LakeFredericktown: 17 residents work here (23%)Perryville: 3 residents work here (4%)Farmington: 5 residents work here (7%)Arnold: 2 residents work here (3%)JacksonPoplar Bluff: 2 residents work here (3%)Cape GirardeauSt. Louis: 4 residents work here (5%)Cherokee Pass: 2 residents work here (3%)FredericktownFarmingtonSt. LouisPerryvilleArnoldPoplar BluffMarquand
1
Fredericktown11.9 mi away
23%17
2
Marquand (in town)right here
7%5
3
Farmington28.3 mi away
7%5
4
St. Louis83.5 mi away
5%4
5
Perryville26 mi away
4%3
6
Arnold69.8 mi away
3%2
7
Poplar Bluff47.9 mi away
3%2
8
Cherokee Pass8.1 mi away
3%2
9
Carbondale, IL55.5 mi away
1%1
101%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%32
The top trips

Where Marquand 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.

The jobs

Most jobs in Marquand are in services

74 jobs are based in Marquand.

Jobs based in MarquandJobs Marquand residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%27%
Trade, transport & utilities19%22%
Services: health, schools, offices81%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%32%
Over $3,333 a month51%51%

Who does it

29 or younger15%16%
30 to 5447%61%
55 and older38%23%
+1%

Jobs based in Marquand, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 74. 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 Marquand’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Missouri

A year of commuting
223 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Marquand29 min
Missouri24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Marquand workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Marquand gets to work
82%Drive alone
9%Walk
8%Other

Share of the 97 commuters (the 4% 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.

How far

Marquand’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFredericktown: 23% · 11.9 miFarmington: 7% · 28.3 miSt. Louis: 5% · 83.5 miPerryville: 4% · 26 miArnold: 3% · 69.8 miPoplar Bluff: 3% · 47.9 miCherokee Pass: 3% · 8.1 miCarbondale: 1% · 55.5 miCahokia Heights: 1% · 79 miFredericktown 23%Farmington 7%St. Louis 5%Perryville 4%Arnold 3%Marquand
MarquandTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi11 residents
32%10–24 mi24 residents
23%25–50 mi17 residents
30%Over 50 mi22 residents

About 30% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Marquand: questions

What is the median household income in Marquand?

$45,268 (±$2,723) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Marquand?

13.9%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Marquand?

29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Marquand work?

7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fredericktown (23%, 12 mi), Farmington (7%, 28 mi), St. Louis (5%, 84 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Marquand without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Marquand, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Marquand

Marquand home →

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.