Marion has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 13% across Wisconsin. Marion has 56 jobs for 229 working residents. Only 1% work in Marion itself; outside it, Fennimore draws the most (23%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Marion in brief
Marion and Fennimore trade workers both ways
Fennimore is the top workplace for Marion residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Marion come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Marion is a place people come home to
There are 56 jobs based in Marion, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marion has about 480 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 229 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Marion goes to work
Where Marion clocks in
23% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
Marion by day and by night
On a workday 226 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Marion 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.
Goods, not services: 75% of the jobs in Marion
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marion, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 56. 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 Marion’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Marion spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marion workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 262 commuters (the 5% 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 far it is to work from Marion
About 27% 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.
Marion and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marion workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | – | — | — | 25 min | $66,875 |
| Marietta | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Boscobel | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Hickory Grove | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Woodman | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Mount Ida | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marietta, Hickory Grove, Woodman and Mount Ida: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Boscobel: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marion’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 Marion: questions
What is the median household income in Marion?
$66,875 (±$22,135) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marion?
11.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marion?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marion work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fennimore (23%, 7 mi), Lancaster (12%, 16 mi), Boscobel (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Marion without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marion, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marion
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.