Photo: SilentMatt Psychedelic · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Marlboro has 2.2 jobs per working resident, and 228 people come in to work
Hardly any work in Marlboro; the top destination outside it is Marlboro Township (12%, 1 miles). Employers in Marlboro report 228 jobs; 106 of its residents have a job. A typical one-way commute lasts 30 minutes, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Marlboro
On a workday 106 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 350 people are in Marlboro on a workday afternoon, 53% more 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 daily trip into Marlboro
Where Marlboro clocks in
12% of workers
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 66% of work in Marlboro
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marlboro, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 228. 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 Marlboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Marlboro
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marlboro workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 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.
Half of Marlboro commutes less than 14 miles
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 Marlboro: questions
What is the median household income in Marlboro?
$75,125 (±$60,854) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marlboro?
7.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marlboro?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marlboro work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marlboro Township (12%, 1 mi), Canton (9%, 13 mi), Akron (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Marlboro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marlboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marlboro
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.