Work & commute · Marion

Work & commute in Marion, KS

Most working residents leave Marion for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Scott (28%), Uniontown (5%) and Pittsburg (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 447 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 413 Marion residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marion.

413live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marion goes to work

Fort Scott15.5 mi away

28%127

Uniontown1.2 mi away

5%24

Pittsburg33.1 mi away

4%19

Wichita129.3 mi away

3%15

Iola23.4 mi away

3%14

Arkansas City124.1 mi away

3%14

Chanute28.4 mi away

2%11

Coffeyville66.2 mi away

2%11

Overland Park74.7 mi away

2%9

Scott16.8 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%194

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.

10%

37%

17%

36%

10%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marion is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marion are

204 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

204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Marion residents hold

447 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+17%

Jobs based in Marion, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 204. 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.