Photo: User:OHWiki · CC BY-SA 2.5At 8.8%, unemployment in Marion Township is higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Marion Township are D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Marion Township stands out on work
What’s behind Marion Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marion Township is better than 11% of U.S. towns, #952 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car holds Marion Township’s grade up (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marion Township could be anywhere from D to C−.
17% of working residents work in Marion
Where Marion Township clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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 Marion Township
On a workday 11,610 residents head out to work, 5,505 work right here, and 12,388 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What work there is in Marion Township: 17,893 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marion Township, 2014 → 2024: 18,027 → 17,893. 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.
From Marion Township, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 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 15,225 commuters (the 5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Marion Township
About 19% 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.
Few in Marion Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marion Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #403 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Marion Township 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 16,032 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). 10.0% of Marion Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Marion Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marion Township and other U.S. towns of 30,000 to 59,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 4 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Dublin OH | 49,094 | $160K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,021 | Saginaw MI | 42,863 | $39K | 34.0% | 10.1% | 21% | D |
| 1,022 | Nacogdoches TX | 32,500 | $39K | 31.5% | 8.2% | 39% | D |
| 1,023 | Marion Township OH | 43,499 | $50K | 20.4% | 8.8% | 32% | D |
| 1,024 | Rexburg ID | 40,334 | $51K | 32.5% | 8.8% | 40% | D |
| 1,025 | Youngstown OH | 58,832 | $34K | 37.3% | 11.9% | 21% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 1,039 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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.
Next door to Marion Township
The biggest share goes to Claridon Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marion Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Township | – | D | B− | 21 min | $49,743 |
| Grand Prairie Township | under 2% | A− | D | 34 min | $94,517 |
| Big Island Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 22 min | $43,750 |
| Claridon Township | 3% | B | D | 24 min | $78,750 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 29 min | $96,049 |
| Green Camp Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 63 min | $102,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$49,743 (±$2,897) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marion Township?
20.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marion Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marion Township work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (17%, 0 mi), Columbus (11%, 43 mi), Delaware (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Marion Township walkable?
Marion Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marion Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% 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.