Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5Household incomes in Marietta trail those of 90% of U.S. towns
About one in three work in Marietta; the top destination outside it is Parkersburg (7%, 12 miles). Below the poverty line: 19.1% of residents, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Jobs and income earn Marietta C−; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Marietta in brief
Marietta is where the jobs are
Marietta has 10,435 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 18,000 people are in town, 41% more than the 13,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Marietta are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Marietta draws workers from far and wide
The 10,435 jobs in Marietta are filled from a wide area. Marietta’s own residents hold 17% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 56% come from many towns beyond those. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Marietta
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marietta is better than 19% of U.S. towns, #906 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Marietta’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($47,873, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marietta could be anywhere from D to C.
Who leaves Marietta for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,237 residents head out to work, 1,822 work right here, and 8,613 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Marietta on a workday afternoon, 41% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
A commute of about 16 minutes in Marietta
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marietta workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,562 commuters (the 9% 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.
The towns that send workers to Marietta
Where Marietta clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
In Marietta, services account for most jobs
10,435 jobs are based in Marietta.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marietta, 2013 → 2023: 11,458 → 10,435. 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 Marietta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Marietta works
About 25% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Marietta
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marietta is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #50 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Marietta near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,088 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.4% of Marietta households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Marietta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Marietta is 2,231st among 2,526 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,229 | Kerman CA | 17,553 | $60K | 21.3% | 10.4% | 14% | C− |
| 2,230 | Waterville ME | 17,579 | $54K | 20.6% | 5.5% | 32% | C− |
| 2,231 | Marietta OH | 13,053 | $48K | 19.1% | 4.7% | 36% | C− |
| 2,232 | Astoria OR | 9,838 | $68K | 16.8% | 5.3% | 33% | C− |
| 2,233 | Bloomingdale TN | 9,292 | $52K | 25.7% | 6.2% | <1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Marietta, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 10% of Marietta
The biggest share goes to Marietta Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marietta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta | – | C− | A | 16 min | $47,873 |
| Marietta Township | 4% | D | C− | 18 min | $55,765 |
| Muskingum Township | 3% | B− | B− | 21 min | $78,188 |
| Fearing Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Warren Township | 3% | B | D | 25 min | $82,617 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fearing Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marietta’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 Marietta: questions
What is the median household income in Marietta?
$47,873 (±$6,788) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marietta?
19.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marietta?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marietta work?
36% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parkersburg (7%, 12 mi), Marietta Township (4%, 4 mi), Warren Township (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marietta walkable?
Marietta is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marietta without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 12% 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.
More of Marietta
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.