Work & commute · Marmaton

Work & commute in Marmaton, KS

Most working residents leave Marmaton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Iola (17%), Chanute (9%) and Moran (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

39 of 397 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 358 Marmaton residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marmaton.

358live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marmaton goes to work

Iola13.4 mi away

17%68

Chanute23.1 mi away

9%34

Moran1.4 mi away

8%30

Humboldt16.4 mi away

6%24

Fort Scott25.2 mi away

4%14

Wichita120.5 mi away

4%14

Arkansas City117.9 mi away

3%11

Marmaton (in town)right here

2%9

Humboldt14.8 mi away

2%9

Garnett27.1 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%177

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.

15%

40%

14%

31%

15%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marmaton is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marmaton are

163 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

163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Marmaton residents hold

397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−18%

Jobs based in Marmaton, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 163. 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.