Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Marion Township earn less than those in 93% of U.S. towns
1% of workers have no commute at all, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. The poverty rate is 27.3%, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Jobs and income earn Marion Township D−; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Marion Township in brief
Where Marion Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Marion Township is better than 4% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Marion Township’s grade up (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (5.9%) is left out: Marion Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Marion Township could be anywhere from D− to D.
Commuting from Marion Township: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marion Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 740 commuters (the 1% 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.
How many people are in Marion Township by day
On a workday 919 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 327 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Marion Township on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.40 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 2024, primary jobs.
8% of working residents work in Kenton
Where Marion Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 31% of work in Marion Township
391 jobs are based in Marion Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marion Township, 2014 → 2024: 225 → 391. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marion Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Marion Township commutes
About 24% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Marion Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marion Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 746 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). 7.2% of Marion Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marion Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Marion Township sits among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,008 | Wellington TX | 1,770 | $57K | 22.4% | 0.2% | 31% | D− |
| 5,009 | Victoria VA | 1,744 | $41K | 17.9% | 3.8% | 3% | D− |
| 5,010 | Marion Township OH | 2,260 | $45K | 27.3% | 5.9% | 7% | D− |
| 5,011 | Clinton Township OH | 1,804 | $47K | 23.0% | 3.1% | 7% | D− |
| 5,012 | Franklin Township OH | 2,306 | $54K | 35.7% | 0.0% | 2% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Around Marion Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marion Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Township | – | D− | C− | 24 min | $45,000 |
| McDonald Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Roundhead Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 3% | C+ | A− | 22 min | $63,657 |
| Cessna Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Auglaize Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 26 min | $82,159 |
Same-state neighbors only. McDonald Township: not graded. Roundhead Township and Cessna Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marion Township’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 2024, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Marion Township?
$45,000 (±$11,016) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marion Township?
27.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marion Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marion Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kenton (8%, 12 mi), Lima (7%, 15 mi), Columbus (6%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Marion Township walkable?
Marion Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marion Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marion Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marion Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.