Work & commute · Marceline

Work & commute in Marceline, MO

About one in 3 of Marceline’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Marceline (33%), Brookfield (16%) and Chillicothe (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

332 of 1,027 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 695 Marceline residents head out of town to work, 332 work right here, and 721 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marceline.

695live here, work elsewhere

332live and work here

721work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marceline goes to work

Marceline0.6 mi away

33%334

Brookfield8.2 mi away

16%165

Chillicothe32.4 mi away

4%38

Macon25.1 mi away

3%26

Clark4.6 mi away

2%24

Kirksville38 mi away

2%20

Moberly34.4 mi away

2%19

Columbia63.1 mi away

2%19

Kansas City95.3 mi away

2%16

Marceline (in town)right here

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%353

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

How far

How far Marceline commutes

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

54%

14%

25%

54%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marceline is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marceline are

1,053 jobs are based in Marceline. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marceline’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marceline

1,053 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Marceline residents hold

1,027 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−3%

Jobs based in Marceline, 2013 → 2023: 1,090 → 1,053. 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.