Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Marinette draws 7,299 commuters a day, with 1.9 jobs for every working resident
There are 9,681 jobs in Marinette, against 5,218 working residents. Jobs and income earn Marinette C; getting around on foot earns it A−. Household incomes here are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Marinette
Marinette is where the jobs are
Marinette has 9,681 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 16,000 people are in town, 40% more than the 11,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Many of the people who work in Marinette live in another state
Menominee, MI (12%) and Menominee Township, MI (4%) are among the top places Marinette’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 16% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Marinette are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wisconsin worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Marinette workers cross into Michigan
19% of Marinette workers work outside Wisconsin, most of them in Michigan, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Marinette makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Marinette are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Marinette residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Marinette’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marinette is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #326 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment holds Marinette’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($58,638, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marinette could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Marinette
On a workday 2,836 residents head out to work and 2,382 work right here.
About 16,000 people are in Marinette on a workday afternoon, 40% more 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.
Commuting in to Marinette: where workers come from
Where Marinette clocks in
11% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 13 minutes from Marinette
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marinette workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,478 commuters (the 3% 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.
Marinette works in goods: 42% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marinette, 2013 → 2023: 9,951 → 9,681. 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 Marinette’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Marinette, by distance
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.
Marinette is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marinette is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #49 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Marinette near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,621 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). 7.2% of Marinette households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Marinette’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Marinette ranks: 1,882nd of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 29 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
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| 53 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 64 | Cottage Grove WI | 8,930 | $139K | 3.7% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
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| 1,880 | Newton NC | 13,822 | $62K | 12.0% | 6.2% | 12% | C |
| 1,881 | Shelton WA | 10,921 | $70K | 17.4% | 3.8% | 17% | C |
| 1,882 | Marinette WI | 11,168 | $59K | 11.8% | 3.8% | 46% | C |
| 1,883 | Pontiac IL | 10,806 | $61K | 13.1% | 4.2% | 32% | C |
| 1,884 | Vidor TX | 9,597 | $62K | 10.7% | 7.4% | 17% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Marinette, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
13% of Marinette works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Menominee (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marinette workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marinette | – | C | A− | 13 min | $58,638 |
| Peshtigo | 2% | B+ | C− | 17 min | $81,378 |
| Porterfield | under 2% | B− | D− | 24 min | $74,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marinette’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 Marinette: questions
What is the median household income in Marinette?
$58,638 (±$4,934) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marinette?
11.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marinette?
13 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marinette work?
46% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Menominee (11%, 2 mi), Green Bay (4%, 43 mi), Peshtigo (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marinette walkable?
Marinette is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marinette 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 Marinette, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marinette
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.