Marcellon has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 26% of workers, the job is at home; Wisconsin has 13%. There are 68 jobs in Marcellon, and 516 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Marcellon are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Marcellon apart
Marcellon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Marcellon is Madison, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (115) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Marcellon is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Marcellon, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marcellon has about 690 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Marcellon workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (23 to 36 minutes). 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 516 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Marcellon
On income, poverty and job access, Marcellon is better than 80% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Marcellon’s grade up (0.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Marcellon’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, Marcellon could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
How many miles Marcellon commutes
About 20% 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.
Marcellon on a workday afternoon
On a workday 512 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Marcellon on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
A commute of about 40 minutes in Marcellon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marcellon workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 232 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
22% of working residents work in Madison
Where Marcellon clocks in
22% 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.
Jobs in Marcellon: what the 68 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marcellon, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 68. 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 Marcellon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Marcellon start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marcellon is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 313 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). 8.7% of Marcellon households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marcellon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Marcellon comes 355th 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+ |
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| 19 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 353 | Jackson Township IN | 1,022 | $107K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0% | A− |
| 354 | Richland Township IN | 1,289 | $84K | 3.9% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| 355 | Marcellon WI | 1,141 | $99K | 0.5% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 356 | Albers IL | 1,114 | $110K | 7.2% | 3.1% | 2% | A− |
| 357 | Greensburg Township OH | 1,451 | $107K | 0.9% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Marcellon, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to Marcellon
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marcellon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcellon | – | A− | C− | 40 min | $99,063 |
| Buffalo | under 2% | C | D | 36 min | $78,092 |
| Fort Winnebago | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Scott | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Wyocena | under 2% | A | C+ | 30 min | $97,609 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fort Winnebago: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Scott: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marcellon’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 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 Marcellon: questions
What is the median household income in Marcellon?
$99,063 (±$20,579) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marcellon?
0.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marcellon?
40 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marcellon work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (22%, 36 mi), Portage (12%, 9 mi), DeForest (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marcellon walkable?
Marcellon is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marcellon 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 Marcellon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marcellon
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.