Most of Marathon commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Marathon; the top destination outside it is Miami Township (9%, 13 miles). 4 jobs are based in Marathon for 69 working residents. 0% of workers work from home; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Marathon
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 81 people are in Marathon on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
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 towns that employ Marathon’s residents
Where Marathon clocks in
7% of workers
7% 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.
What Marathon’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Marathon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Marathon
of Marathon workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
Miles to work from Marathon
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.
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 Marathon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Marathon?
11.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Marathon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami Township (9%, 13 mi), Blue Ash (7%, 22 mi), Cincinnati (7%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Marathon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marathon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marathon
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.