Fort Flagler · Photo: Pseudonymoniker · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Marrowstone works elsewhere
38 jobs are based in Marrowstone, and 351 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Marrowstone is better than 54% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (D). Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Marrowstone apart
Marrowstone is a place people come home to
There are 38 jobs based in Marrowstone, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marrowstone has about 850 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Marrowstone works from home
35% of Marrowstone workers work from home, against 20% across Washington. Time on the road ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Marrowstone’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 31 minutes, longer than the Washington average of 27. 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; with 351 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Marrowstone’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Marrowstone’s grade up ($110,368, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Marrowstone’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Marrowstone could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Marrowstone
On a workday 346 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Marrowstone on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2023, primary jobs.
How long Marrowstone spends getting to work: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marrowstone workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 281 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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.
25% of working residents work in Port Townsend
Where Marrowstone clocks in
25% of workers
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.
63% of the jobs in Marrowstone make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marrowstone, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 38. 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 Marrowstone’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Marrowstone
About 16% 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.
Most of Marrowstone commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 435 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). 0.0% of Marrowstone households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marrowstone’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marrowstone is 1,294th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Yarrow Point WA | 1,143 | $250K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 0% | A+ |
| 20 | Woodway WA | 1,316 | $205K | 2.1% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Fife Heights WA | 1,446 | $157K | 2.4% | 4.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,292 | Union Township IN | 1,426 | $81K | 6.4% | 4.2% | 3% | B− |
| 1,293 | Springfield Township IN | 1,150 | $62K | 0.0% | 20.7% | 2% | B− |
| 1,294 | Marrowstone WA | 1,164 | $110K | 6.1% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,295 | Barton Township IN | 1,480 | $63K | 3.2% | 1.4% | 1% | B− |
| 1,296 | Reedsville WI | 1,191 | $73K | 9.1% | 1.9% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Marrowstone, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
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 Marrowstone: questions
What is the median household income in Marrowstone?
$110,368 (±$31,869) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marrowstone?
6.1%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marrowstone?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marrowstone work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Port Townsend (25%, 8 mi), Port Hadlock-Irondale (10%, 5 mi), Seattle (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marrowstone walkable?
Marrowstone is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marrowstone without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marrowstone, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marrowstone
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.