Joseph Bucher House · Photo: Smallbones · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Marietta commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Marietta is behind 82% of U.S. towns. There are 635 jobs in Marietta, against 1,398 working residents. For jobs and income Marietta is better than 63% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Marietta
Marietta makes and builds things
61% of the jobs based in Marietta are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Marietta residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Marietta has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Marietta went from 425 in 2014 to 635 in 2024, +49%. 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.
The figures behind Marietta’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Marietta’s grade up (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($54,167, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marietta could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Goods, not services: 61% of the jobs in Marietta
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marietta, 2014 → 2024: 425 → 635. 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 Marietta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Marietta for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,312 residents head out to work, 86 work right here, and 549 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Marietta on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
7% of working residents work in Lancaster
Where Marietta clocks in
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.
How long Marietta spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marietta workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,279 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Marietta
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.
In Marietta, walking beats the bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,447 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.5% of Marietta households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marietta’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,538th of 4,618: where Marietta ranks 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,536 | Hesston KS | 3,458 | $75K | 5.7% | 4.1% | 22% | B |
| 1,537 | Seaside Park NJ | 2,135 | $84K | 10.3% | 5.2% | 3% | B |
| 1,538 | Marietta PA | 2,931 | $54K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 6% | B |
| 1,539 | Oxford Township NJ | 2,469 | $103K | 4.8% | 6.3% | 5% | B |
| 1,540 | Pleasant Township OH | 2,333 | $73K | 7.7% | 1.5% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 0% | 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 Pennsylvania.
The towns around Marietta
The biggest share goes to East Donegal Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marietta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta | – | B | A | 28 min | $54,167 |
| East Donegal Township | 5% | A− | C | 24 min | $109,158 |
| West Hempfield Township | under 3% | A | C+ | 25 min | $98,099 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marietta’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 Marietta: questions
What is the median household income in Marietta?
$54,167 (±$12,874) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marietta?
7.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marietta?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marietta work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (7%, 13 mi), East Hempfield Township (6%, 9 mi), East Donegal Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Marietta walkable?
Marietta is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marietta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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.