Work & commute · Marion

Work & commute in Marion, AL

About one in 4 of Marion’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tuscaloosa (6%), Selma (5%) and Montgomery (5%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

279 of 1,028 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 749 Marion residents head out of town to work, 279 work right here, and 640 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marion.

749live here, work elsewhere

279live and work here

640work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marion goes to work

Marion (in town)right here

27%279

Tuscaloosa43.4 mi away

6%62

Selma22.1 mi away

5%53

Montgomery64.3 mi away

5%47

Birmingham68.8 mi away

4%44

Northport46.2 mi away

2%22

Uniontown16.2 mi away

2%22

Hoover59.2 mi away

2%20

Greensboro16.8 mi away

2%17

Bessemer54.8 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%445

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Marion commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

29%

14%

24%

33%

29%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marion is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marion are

919 jobs are based in Marion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marion

919 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Marion residents hold

1,028 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−28%

Jobs based in Marion, 2013 → 2023: 1,283 → 919. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.