Work & commute · Marion

Work & commute in Marion, OH

Most working residents leave Marion for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Delphos (14%), Lima (13%) and American (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

505 of 3,064 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,559 Marion residents head out of town to work, 505 work right here, and 2,343 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marion.

2,559live here, work elsewhere

505live and work here

2,343work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marion goes to work

Delphos3.4 mi away

14%442

Lima10.6 mi away

13%386

Marion (in town)right here

6%174

American6.7 mi away

5%155

Van Wert15.9 mi away

5%154

Shawnee10.4 mi away

4%119

Bath13.2 mi away

3%90

Columbus89.3 mi away

2%59

Kalida13.3 mi away

2%55

Washington6.6 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,376

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.

35%

38%

20%

35%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marion is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marion are

2,848 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

2,848 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Marion residents hold

3,064 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−3%

Jobs based in Marion, 2013 → 2023: 2,951 → 2,848. 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.