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Jobs & commute in Marietta

Marietta has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

For 29% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. 6 jobs are based in Marietta; 41 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Marietta for work; outside it, Mount Pleasant is the main destination (12%, 25 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Marietta: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

41live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday80
120live here− 41head out to work+ 6come in to work= 80on a workday

About 80 people are in Marietta on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.15jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Marietta ends

Texarkana: 2 residents work here (5%)Little Rock: 1 residents work here (2%)Santa Ana: 1 residents work here (2%)MariettaOmaha: 1 residents work here (2%)Redwater: 1 residents work here (2%)East Mountain: 1 residents work here (2%)Naples: 1 residents work here (2%)JeffersonDouglassvilleAtlanta: 2 residents work here (5%)KilgoreMount Pleasant: 5 residents work here (12%)ParisTexarkana: 4 residents work here (10%)Mount PleasantTexarkanaTexarkanaAtlantaLittle RockSanta AnaMarietta
1
Mount Pleasant25 mi away
12%5
2
Texarkana32.6 mi away
10%4
3
Texarkana, AR36.9 mi away
5%2
4
Atlanta22.1 mi away
5%2
5
Little Rock, AR164.8 mi away
2%1
6
Santa Ana, CA1343.2 mi away
2%1
7
Omaha11.4 mi away
2%1
8
Redwater21 mi away
2%1
9
East Mountain44.5 mi away
2%1
10
Naples8.1 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%22
The top trips

Where Marietta clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

100% of the jobs in Marietta make or build things

Jobs based in MariettaJobs Marietta residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%41%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices0%39%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%27%
Over $3,333 a month83%63%

Who does it

29 or younger0%22%
30 to 5467%59%
55 and older33%20%
−67%

Jobs based in Marietta, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 6. 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.

Time on the road

How long Marietta spends getting to work: about 21 minutes

A year of commuting
161 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Marietta21 min
Texas27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
29%

of Marietta workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
How Marietta gets to work
42%Drive alone
55%Carpool
2%Walk
2%Other

Share of the 60 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Marietta

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMount Pleasant: 12% · 25 miTexarkana: 10% · 32.6 miTexarkana: 5% · 36.9 miAtlanta: 5% · 22.1 miLittle Rock: 2% · 164.8 miSanta Ana: 2% · 1343.2 miOmaha: 2% · 11.4 miRedwater: 2% · 21 miEast Mountain: 2% · 44.5 miNaples: 2% · 8.1 miMount Pleasant 12%Texarkana 10%Texarkana 5%Atlanta 5%Little Rock 2%Marietta
MariettaTop destinations (size = commuters)
5%Under 10 mi2 residents
36%10–24 mi14 residents
33%25–50 mi13 residents
26%Over 50 mi10 residents

About 26% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Marietta: questions

What is the poverty rate in Marietta?

71.1%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Marietta?

21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Marietta work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Pleasant (12%, 25 mi), Texarkana (10%, 33 mi), Texarkana (5%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Marietta without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Marietta

Marietta home →

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.