Photo: self · CC BY-SA 2.5Marshall has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The two grades for Marshall are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 524 jobs are based in Marshall, and 1,899 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% work in Marshall; the top destination outside it is Madison (36%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Marshall: the figures worth knowing
36% of Marshall works in Madison
685 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Madison, 19 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Marshall itself. The commute map ↓
Marshall is a place people come home to
There are 524 jobs based in Marshall, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marshall has about 2,300 people in it, 37% 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.
The figures behind Marshall’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Marshall is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #226 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment holds Marshall’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Marshall could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where people from Marshall work
Where Marshall clocks in
36% of workers
3% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Marshall
On a workday 1,807 residents head out to work, 92 work right here, and 432 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Marshall on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The kinds of work in Marshall
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marshall, 2013 → 2023: 508 → 524. 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 Marshall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marshall workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,868 commuters (the 17% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Marshall
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.
Driving is how Marshall gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marshall is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #333 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Marshall 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 2,257 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). 2.1% of Marshall households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Marshall’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,270th of 4,318: where Marshall ranks among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,268 | Maybrook NY | 3,212 | $72K | 6.1% | 3.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,269 | Cohoctah Township MI | 3,185 | $86K | 5.4% | 3.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,270 | Marshall WI | 3,696 | $86K | 12.3% | 2.2% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,271 | Randolph Township IL | 4,342 | $110K | 6.9% | 4.5% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,272 | Tully NY | 2,618 | $109K | 9.9% | 3.4% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Marshall, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
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 Marshall: questions
What is the median household income in Marshall?
$85,942 (±$14,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marshall?
12.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marshall?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marshall work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (36%, 19 mi), Sun Prairie (9%, 9 mi), Waterloo (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marshall walkable?
Marshall is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marshall without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marshall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marshall
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.