Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHardly anyone in Marion Township is out of work
About one in ten stay in Marion Township for work; outside it, St. Henry is the main destination (14%, 6 miles). Marion Township grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Marion Township, in brief
Marion Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Marion Township went from 816 in 2014 to 1,402 in 2024, +72%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Marion Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Marion Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Marion Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marion Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #137 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Marion Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marion Township could be anywhere from A− to A.
The kinds of work in Marion Township
1,402 jobs are based in Marion Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marion Township, 2014 → 2024: 816 → 1,402. 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 long Marion Township spends getting to work: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 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 1,653 commuters (the 11% 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 daily flow of workers through Marion Township
On a workday 1,509 residents head out to work, 189 work right here, and 1,213 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 (0.83 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.
Where the trip to work from Marion Township ends
Where Marion Township clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Marion Township
About 15% 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.
The commute in Marion Township is mostly behind the wheel
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, #410 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 6.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,859 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). 0.4% 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.
For jobs and income, Marion Township is 446th of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 444 | Swepsonville NC | 2,632 | $101K | 4.1% | 2.2% | 2% | A |
| 445 | Owen Township IL | 3,601 | $95K | 4.3% | 1.9% | 2% | A |
| 446 | Marion Township OH | 3,381 | $102K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 11% | A |
| 447 | Morada CA | 3,383 | $97K | 2.0% | 3.5% | 3% | A |
| 448 | Royal Pines NC | 4,325 | $108K | 1.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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.
Marion Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marion Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Township | – | A | B− | 17 min | $102,422 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | A | A− | 18 min | $93,611 |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | C | D | 24 min | $62,456 |
| Patterson Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 20 min | $100,948 |
| McLean Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 18 min | $93,333 |
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?
$102,422 (±$23,897) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marion Township?
1.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marion Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marion Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Henry (14%, 6 mi), Celina (8%, 11 mi), Coldwater (8%, 8 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 6.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marion Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% 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.