Work & commute · Marion

Work & commute in Marion, IN

About one in 3 of Marion’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rensselaer (28%), Lafayette (6%) and Remington (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

975 of 3,128 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,153 Marion residents head out of town to work, 975 work right here, and 2,758 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marion.

2,153live here, work elsewhere

975live and work here

2,758work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marion goes to work

Rensselaer1.9 mi away

28%875

Lafayette39.2 mi away

6%175

Remington11.1 mi away

5%142

Marion (in town)right here

4%138

Carpenter11.2 mi away

2%52

West Lafayette35.3 mi away

2%48

Crown Point35 mi away

1%43

DeMotte18.9 mi away

1%42

Valparaiso38.2 mi away

1%41

Hammond51.3 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,532

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.

37%

18%

24%

22%

37%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marion is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marion are

3,733 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

3,733 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Marion residents hold

3,128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−6%

Jobs based in Marion, 2013 → 2023: 3,982 → 3,733. 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.