Work & commute · Marceline

Work & commute in Marceline, MO

About one in 3 of Marceline’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Brookfield (15%), Chillicothe (3%) and Clark (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

267 of 830 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 563 Marceline residents head out of town to work, 267 work right here, and 792 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marceline.

563live here, work elsewhere

267live and work here

792work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marceline goes to work

Marceline (in town)right here

32%267

Brookfield8.4 mi away

15%127

Chillicothe32.3 mi away

3%29

Clark4.1 mi away

3%22

Macon25.4 mi away

3%21

Kirksville38.6 mi away

2%16

Columbia62.7 mi away

2%16

Kansas City94.8 mi away

2%15

Moberly34.2 mi away

2%13

Jefferson City89.6 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%292

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.

53%

14%

26%

53%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marceline is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marceline are

1,059 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

1,059 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Marceline residents hold

830 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−1%

Jobs based in Marceline, 2013 → 2023: 1,071 → 1,059. 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.