Marietta has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
6% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. 9 jobs are based in Marietta for 225 working residents. Hardly any stay in Marietta for work; outside it, Prairie du Chien is the main destination (16%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Marietta apart
Marietta is a place people come home to
There are 9 jobs based in Marietta, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marietta has about 280 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 225 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Marietta on a workday
On a workday 223 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Marietta on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Marietta
About 33% 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.
Where people from Marietta work
Where Marietta clocks in
16% of workers
14% 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.
44% of the jobs in Marietta make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marietta, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 9. 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.
From Marietta, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marietta workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 220 commuters (the 6% 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.
How Marietta compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Eastman (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marietta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta | – | — | — | 24 min | $64,000 |
| Eastman | 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Steuben | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Boscobel | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Marion | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Wauzeka | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Woodman | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Scott | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Richwood | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eastman, Steuben, Wauzeka, Woodman and Richwood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Boscobel, Marion and Scott: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. 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 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?
$64,000 (±$9,688) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marietta?
12.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marietta?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marietta work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Prairie du Chien (16%, 19 mi), Boscobel (14%, 4 mi), Richland Center (3%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Marietta without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% 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.