Work & commute · Marion

Work & commute in Marion, MI

Most working residents leave Marion for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cadillac (15%), Evart (9%) and Marion (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 306 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 296 Marion residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marion.

296live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

137work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marion goes to work

Cadillac17.6 mi away

15%47

Evart15.3 mi away

9%29

Marion1.2 mi away

9%27

Haring19 mi away

5%16

McBain7.6 mi away

3%9

Grand Rapids82.8 mi away

2%7

Lake15.7 mi away

2%7

Big Rapids32.4 mi away

2%5

Reed City24 mi away

1%4

Holland103.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%151

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.

17%

45%

30%

17%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marion is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marion are

147 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

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less46%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Marion residents hold

306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+259%

Jobs based in Marion, 2011 → 2021: 41 → 147. 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.