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Jobs & commute in Marietta

Marietta has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

There are 1 jobs in Marietta, against 25 working residents. Hardly any work in Marietta; the top destination outside it is Lumberton (20%, 19 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%.

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 Marietta by day

On a workday 25 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

25live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday87
110live here− 25head out to work+ 1come in to work= 87on a workday

About 87 people are in Marietta on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Where people from Marietta work

MariettaFairmont: 1 residents work here (4%)Warsaw: 1 residents work here (4%)Tabor City: 1 residents work here (4%)Hope Mills: 1 residents work here (4%)Lumberton: 5 residents work here (20%)Shelby: 1 residents work here (4%)Charlotte: 1 residents work here (4%)High Point: 1 residents work here (4%)Durham: 1 residents work here (4%)Concord: 1 residents work here (4%)LumbertonFairmontWarsawTabor CityHope MillsShelbyMarietta
1
Lumberton19.1 mi away
20%5
2
Fairmont8.8 mi away
4%1
3
Warsaw73.1 mi away
4%1
4
Tabor City20.6 mi away
4%1
5
Hope Mills42.6 mi away
4%1
6
Shelby151.4 mi away
4%1
7
Charlotte112.9 mi away
4%1
8
High Point122.4 mi away
4%1
9
Durham112 mi away
4%1
10
Concord111.1 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%11
The top trips

Where Marietta 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

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Marietta

Jobs based in MariettaJobs Marietta residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%12%
Trade, transport & utilities0%32%
Services: health, schools, offices100%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%4%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%48%
Over $3,333 a month100%48%

Who does it

29 or younger0%12%
30 to 540%48%
55 and older100%40%

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 Marietta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes each way for Marietta’s commuters

A year of commuting
206 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Marietta27 min
North Carolina25 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
6%

of Marietta workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Marietta gets to work
94%Drive alone
6%Carpool

Share of the 34 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% 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

Marietta’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLumberton: 20% · 19.1 miFairmont: 4% · 8.8 miWarsaw: 4% · 73.1 miTabor City: 4% · 20.6 miHope Mills: 4% · 42.6 miShelby: 4% · 151.4 miCharlotte: 4% · 112.9 miHigh Point: 4% · 122.4 miDurham: 4% · 112 miConcord: 4% · 111.1 miLumberton 20%Fairmont 4%Warsaw 4%Tabor City 4%Hope Mills 4%Marietta
MariettaTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi1 residents
40%10–24 mi10 residents
12%25–50 mi3 residents
44%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 44% 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 Marietta: questions

What is the median household income in Marietta?

$62,500 (±$51,272) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Marietta?

15.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Marietta?

27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Marietta work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lumberton (20%, 19 mi), Fairmont (4%, 9 mi), Warsaw (4%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Marietta without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Marietta

Marietta 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.