Work & commute · Marion

Work & commute in Marion, IN

43% of Marion’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Gas City (4%), Fort Wayne (3%) and Kokomo (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

4,394 of 10,324 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 5,930 Marion residents head out of town to work, 4,394 work right here, and 13,558 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marion.

5,930live here, work elsewhere

4,394live and work here

13,558work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marion goes to work

Marion (in town)right here

43%4,394

Gas City5.5 mi away

4%452

Fort Wayne46 mi away

3%337

Kokomo25.2 mi away

2%240

Muncie28 mi away

2%217

Center59.2 mi away

2%207

Wabash19.6 mi away

2%192

Anderson31.8 mi away

2%164

Huntington24.3 mi away

1%142

Carmel47.9 mi away

1%104

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%3,875

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.

52%

17%

23%

52%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marion is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Marion are

17,952 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

17,952 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Marion residents hold

10,324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+8%

Jobs based in Marion, 2013 → 2023: 16,652 → 17,952. 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.