Work & commute · Marathon

Work & commute in Marathon, MI

Most working residents leave Marathon for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lapeer (9%), Flint (5%) and Detroit (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 1,742 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 1,692 Marathon residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marathon.

1,692live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marathon goes to work

Lapeer10.8 mi away

9%160

Flint18.8 mi away

5%86

Detroit57.9 mi away

4%64

Warren51.9 mi away

4%62

Marathon (in town)right here

3%50

Auburn Hills36.6 mi away

3%47

Burton17.3 mi away

3%44

Oxford24.6 mi away

2%37

Troy44 mi away

2%34

Grand Blanc22.6 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%1,124

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

How far

How far Marathon commutes

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

15%

30%

25%

15%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marathon is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marathon are

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

Jobs based in Marathon

132 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Marathon residents hold

1,742 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+16%

Jobs based in Marathon, 2011 → 2021: 114 → 132. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.