Work & commute · Marion

Work & commute in Marion, KY

About one in 3 of Marion’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Princeton (6%), Paducah (5%) and Salem (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

406 of 1,218 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 812 Marion residents head out of town to work, 406 work right here, and 1,187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marion.

812live here, work elsewhere

406live and work here

1,187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marion goes to work

Marion (in town)right here

33%406

Princeton18.9 mi away

6%70

Paducah35.9 mi away

5%55

Salem9.9 mi away

4%45

Madisonville31.7 mi away

3%32

Hopkinsville47.7 mi away

2%30

Owensboro60.4 mi away

2%26

Lexington-Fayette urban county204.1 mi away

2%20

Henderson44.5 mi away

2%19

Morganfield27 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%497

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.

40%

17%

22%

21%

40%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marion is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marion are

1,593 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

1,593 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Marion residents hold

1,218 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−13%

Jobs based in Marion, 2013 → 2023: 1,836 → 1,593. 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.