More people are out of work in Marshville (10.1%) than in 94% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Marshville itself; outside it, Monroe draws the most (25%, 11 miles). Marshville grades C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Marshville, in brief
Marshville trades workers with the towns around it
Marshville has about as many jobs (1,048) as working residents (1,056), but they are mostly different people: 1,010 residents leave for work each day while 1,002 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Marshville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Marshville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Marshville fell from 2,056 in 2013 to 1,048 in 2023, −49%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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: Marshville’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marshville is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #227 of 290 in North Carolina. Job access by car holds Marshville’s grade up (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marshville could be anywhere from D to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Marshville
On a workday 1,010 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 1,002 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 (0.99 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.
Goods, not services: 31% of the jobs in Marshville
1,048 jobs are based in Marshville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marshville, 2013 → 2023: 2,056 → 1,048. 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 Marshville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Marshville’s working residents head each day
Where Marshville clocks in
25% of workers
20% of workers
5% 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.
Marshville’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marshville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,018 commuters (the 10% 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.
Miles to work from Marshville
About 17% 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.
In Marshville, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marshville is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #217 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.9% across North Carolina.
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 (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Marshville households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marshville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Marshville ranks: 3,887th of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 408 | Swepsonville NC | 2,632 | $101K | 4.1% | 2.2% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,885 | Battle Mountain NV | 3,518 | $82K | 10.1% | 13.2% | 36% | C− |
| 3,886 | Raceland KY | 2,302 | $57K | 23.2% | 10.3% | 3% | C− |
| 3,887 | Marshville NC | 2,739 | $58K | 14.7% | 10.1% | 4% | C− |
| 3,888 | Mount Angel OR | 3,454 | $62K | 14.0% | 15.3% | 9% | C− |
| 3,889 | Wesleyville PA | 3,112 | $49K | 16.0% | 7.6% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Marshville, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
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 Marshville: questions
What is the median household income in Marshville?
$57,837 (±$16,813) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marshville?
14.7%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marshville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marshville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe (25%, 11 mi), Charlotte (20%, 30 mi), Indian Trail (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marshville walkable?
Marshville is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marshville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marshville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marshville
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.