Households in Marvin earn more than in almost any other U.S. town
7.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.0% across North Carolina. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. The two grades for Marvin are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Marvin
A lot of Marvin works from home
43% of Marvin workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Time on the road ↓
Jobs in Marvin have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Marvin went from 416 in 2013 to 1,239 in 2023, +198%. The jobs ↓
More than half of Marvin works in Charlotte
1,614 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Charlotte, 15 miles away across the town line. That’s 28 times as many as work in Marvin itself. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Marvin’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marvin is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #32 of 290 in North Carolina. Household income is its strongest input ($250,000+, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
The Census reports Marvin’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marvin could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Marvin’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marvin workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,817 commuters (the 42% 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.
The kinds of work in Marvin
1,239 jobs are based in Marvin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marvin, 2013 → 2023: 416 → 1,239. 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 Marvin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
55% of working residents work in Charlotte
Where Marvin clocks in
55% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Marvin
On a workday 2,857 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 1,186 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,400 people are in Marvin on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.43 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.
Where in the region Marvin works
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.
Driving is how Marvin gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marvin is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #137 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 3,158 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). 0.9% of Marvin households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Marvin’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Marvin is 606th of 3,227 U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 191 | Oak Ridge NC | 7,896 | $155K | 3.6% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 303 | Midland NC | 5,151 | $101K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 363 | Ogden NC | 8,249 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 604 | Brielle NJ | 4,959 | $172K | 1.3% | 6.6% | 5% | A |
| 605 | Sea Cliff NY | 5,031 | $194K | 0.9% | 13.5% | 7% | A |
| 606 | Marvin NC | 7,040 | $250K | 7.6% | 4.0% | 2% | A |
| 607 | Nibley UT | 8,975 | $108K | 1.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A |
| 608 | Liverpool Township OH | 5,905 | $128K | 5.0% | 4.2% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,227 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Marvin, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Marvin and its neighbors: 57% work next door
The biggest share goes to Charlotte (55%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marvin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin | – | A | B− | 29 min | $250,000+ |
| Charlotte | 55% | B | A | 25 min | $82,068 |
| Waxhaw | 2% | A− | C+ | 32 min | $131,894 |
| Weddington | under 2% | A+ | B− | 28 min | $190,766 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marvin’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Marvin: questions
What is the median household income in Marvin?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marvin?
7.6%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marvin?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 42% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marvin work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlotte (55%, 14 mi), Raleigh (3%, 135 mi), Monroe (2%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marvin walkable?
Marvin is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marvin without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marvin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marvin
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.