Work & commute · Marmaton

Work & commute in Marmaton, KS

Most working residents leave Marmaton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Scott (35%), Uniontown (5%) and Pittsburg (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 348 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 342 Marmaton residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marmaton.

342live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marmaton goes to work

Fort Scott6.1 mi away

35%123

Uniontown9.1 mi away

5%18

Pittsburg28.4 mi away

4%15

Arkansas City132.3 mi away

3%11

Wichita138.7 mi away

2%8

Scott7.3 mi away

2%8

Iola33 mi away

2%7

Overland Park74.6 mi away

2%7

Topeka97 mi away

2%7

Girard21.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%138

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

How far

How far Marmaton commutes

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

41%

12%

14%

33%

41%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marmaton is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marmaton are

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

Jobs based in Marmaton

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Marmaton residents hold

348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+158%

Jobs based in Marmaton, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 67. 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.