Work & commute · Marion

Work & commute in Marion, MI

Most working residents leave Marion for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (16%), Evart (8%) and Haring (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

56 of 543 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 487 Marion residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marion.

487live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marion goes to work

Cadillac17.1 mi away

16%87

Marion (in town)right here

10%56

Evart16.5 mi away

8%42

Haring18.2 mi away

5%28

McBain6.7 mi away

4%21

Lake14.7 mi away

2%10

Grand Rapids84 mi away

2%9

Big Rapids33.5 mi away

1%8

Kentwood88.1 mi away

1%8

Clam Lake13.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%266

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.

19%

45%

29%

19%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marion is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marion are

373 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

373 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Marion residents hold

543 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+123%

Jobs based in Marion, 2011 → 2021: 167 → 373. 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.