Work & commute · Marena

Work & commute in Marena, KS

Most working residents leave Marena for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jetmore (31%), Dodge City (15%) and Center (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 170 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 165 Marena residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marena.

165live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marena goes to work

Jetmore16.8 mi away

31%52

Dodge City33.7 mi away

15%26

Center13.1 mi away

6%10

Garden City64.9 mi away

3%5

Copeland65 mi away

3%5

Dodge32.9 mi away

3%5

Hallet21.4 mi away

2%4

Hanston3.7 mi away

2%3

McPherson110.4 mi away

2%3

Bucklin43.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%55

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

How far

How far Marena commutes

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

17%

28%

17%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marena is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marena are

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

Jobs based in Marena

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Marena residents hold

170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+14%

Jobs based in Marena, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 96. 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.