Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Marietta earn less than those in 86% of U.S. towns
1% of workers work from home, next to 9% for Oklahoma as a whole. 20.6% of residents live below the poverty line, where Oklahoma as a whole has 15.3%. Marietta grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Marietta at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Marietta than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Marietta fell from 3,091 in 2013 to 761 in 2023, −75%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Marietta workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 9% across Oklahoma. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
The figures behind Marietta’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marietta is better than 15% of U.S. towns, #82 of 131 in Oklahoma. Unemployment holds Marietta’s grade up (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marietta could be anywhere from D to C.
What Marietta’s employers do
761 jobs are based in Marietta.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marietta, 2013 → 2023: 3,091 → 761. 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.
How long Marietta spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marietta workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,212 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Marietta
On a workday 1,099 residents head out to work, 153 work right here, and 608 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Marietta on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.61 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 2023, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Ardmore
Where Marietta clocks in
18% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Marietta’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% 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.
The commute in Marietta is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marietta is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #85 of 131 in Oklahoma. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.5% across Oklahoma.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,227 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). 9.0% of Marietta households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marietta’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marietta places 3,862nd of 4,618 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Nichols Hills OK | 3,864 | $208K | 2.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 944 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,272 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,860 | Encantada-Ranchito-El Calaboz TX | 2,552 | $46K | 25.3% | 0.0% | 0% | C− |
| 3,861 | East Prairie MO | 2,841 | $35K | 21.2% | 3.2% | 15% | C− |
| 3,862 | Marietta OK | 2,982 | $52K | 20.6% | 4.9% | 12% | C− |
| 3,863 | McAdoo PA | 2,474 | $46K | 20.4% | 6.7% | 2% | C− |
| 3,864 | Ashland PA | 2,520 | $53K | 17.4% | 6.4% | 13% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Oklahoma.
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?
$51,838 (±$4,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marietta?
20.6%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marietta?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marietta work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ardmore (18%, 18 mi), Oklahoma City (5%, 108 mi), Gainesville (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marietta walkable?
Marietta is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marietta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% 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.