Photo: Dmadeo · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Marion (1.5%) than in 90% of U.S. towns
Marion grades A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, next to 15% for New York as a whole. About one in ten work in Marion; the top destination outside it is Rochester (12%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Marion: the gist
Commutes from Marion are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Marion makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Marion are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Marion residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Marion is a place people come home to
There are 577 jobs based in Marion, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marion has about 3,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Marion than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Marion fell from 769 in 2013 to 577 in 2023, −25%. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Marion
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marion is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #145 of 758 in New York. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($80,469, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marion could be anywhere from B to A.
About 25 minutes to work from Marion
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marion workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,363 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
40% of the jobs in Marion make or build things
577 jobs are based in Marion.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marion, 2013 → 2023: 769 → 577. 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 Marion’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Marion by day
On a workday 1,885 residents head out to work, 172 work right here, and 405 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Marion on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.28 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 the trip to work from Marion ends
Where Marion clocks in
12% 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.
Half of Marion commutes less than 16 miles
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.
Few in Marion walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marion is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #614 of 758 in New York. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,510 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). 9.8% of Marion households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marion’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,862 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100, Marion comes 724th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 722 | Springfield Township NJ | 3,315 | $146K | 6.5% | 5.2% | 5% | A− |
| 723 | Suffield Township OH | 6,016 | $81K | 4.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A− |
| 724 | Marion NY | 4,515 | $80K | 5.2% | 1.5% | 8% | A− |
| 725 | Union Vale NY | 4,590 | $103K | 7.7% | 1.1% | 4% | A− |
| 726 | Helena Valley Northeast MT | 4,659 | $141K | 5.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Marion, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
The towns around Marion
The biggest share goes to Williamson (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marion workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | – | A− | C+ | 25 min | $80,469 |
| Palmyra | under 3% | B | C− | 25 min | $67,113 |
| Williamson | 5% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $90,515 |
| Walworth | under 3% | A | D | 24 min | $94,286 |
| Sodus | under 3% | C | B | 23 min | $70,478 |
| Macedon | under 3% | B+ | C | 24 min | $95,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marion’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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Marion: questions
What is the median household income in Marion?
$80,469 (±$11,968) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marion?
5.2%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marion?
25 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marion work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (12%, 21 mi), Webster (6%, 14 mi), Arcadia (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marion walkable?
Marion is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marion without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marion, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marion
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.