Work & commute · Marcus

Work & commute in Marcus, IA

Most working residents leave Marcus for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Cherokee (15%), Le Mars (8%) and Sioux City (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

65 of 527 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 462 Marcus residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marcus.

462live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marcus goes to work

Cherokee13.9 mi away

15%81

Marcus (in town)right here

12%65

Le Mars18.8 mi away

8%44

Sioux City37.2 mi away

7%35

Orange City17.7 mi away

3%17

Des Moines141.8 mi away

3%15

Sheldon24.7 mi away

2%10

Storm Lake33.4 mi away

2%10

Omaha, NE108.5 mi away

2%9

Remsen8.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%233

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

How far

How far Marcus commutes

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

17%

36%

20%

27%

17%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marcus is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marcus are

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

Jobs based in Marcus

416 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Marcus residents hold

527 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+7%

Jobs based in Marcus, 2013 → 2023: 388 → 416. 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.