Work & commute · Marion

Work & commute in Marion, IA

Most working residents leave Marion for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (51%), Hiawatha (5%) and Iowa City (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

2,861 of 19,198 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,337 Marion residents head out of town to work, 2,861 work right here, and 8,394 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marion.

16,337live here, work elsewhere

2,861live and work here

8,394work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marion goes to work

Cedar Rapids7.3 mi away

51%9,745

Marion (in town)right here

15%2,861

Hiawatha5.4 mi away

5%908

Iowa City27 mi away

4%783

Coralville23.9 mi away

2%401

Des Moines109.2 mi away

1%280

Davenport60.8 mi away

1%233

West Des Moines118.1 mi away

1%216

Dubuque54.8 mi away

1%180

Waterloo49.9 mi away

1%177

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%3,414

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.

68%

11%

14%

68%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marion is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Marion are

11,255 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

11,255 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Marion residents hold

19,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+20%

Jobs based in Marion, 2013 → 2023: 9,387 → 11,255. 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.