Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Earning a living in Marbleton
A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. About one in ten stay in Marbleton for work; outside it, Pinedale is the main destination (24%, 24 miles). For 2% of workers, the job is at home; Wyoming has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Marbleton, in brief
Marbleton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Marbleton is Pinedale, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (99) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Marbleton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 19 across Wyoming. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Marbleton than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Marbleton fell from 385 in 2013 to 290 in 2023, −25%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 405 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Marbleton goes to work
About 25% 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.
The trip to work from Marbleton: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marbleton workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 351 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Wyoming: 83% 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.
Goods jobs make up 38% of work in Marbleton
290 jobs are based in Marbleton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marbleton, 2013 → 2023: 385 → 290. 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 Marbleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Marbleton, and who commutes in
On a workday 368 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Marbleton on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Marbleton’s working residents head each day
Where Marbleton clocks in
24% of workers
7% 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.
Marbleton and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Big Piney (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marbleton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marbleton | – | — | — | 25 min | $60,250 |
| Big Piney | 7% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Big Piney: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marbleton’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 Marbleton: questions
What is the median household income in Marbleton?
$60,250 (±$28,056) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marbleton?
20.1%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marbleton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marbleton work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pinedale (24%, 24 mi), Big Piney (7%, 2 mi), Jackson (3%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Marbleton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marbleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marbleton
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.