Work & commute · Marion

Work & commute in Marion, SC

Most working residents leave Marion for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Florence (12%), Columbia (4%) and Mullins (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

344 of 2,312 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,968 Marion residents head out of town to work, 344 work right here, and 2,351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marion.

1,968live here, work elsewhere

344live and work here

2,351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marion goes to work

Marion (in town)right here

15%344

Florence22.7 mi away

12%281

Columbia86.5 mi away

4%84

Mullins8.2 mi away

3%68

Conway31 mi away

3%63

Quinby19.7 mi away

2%46

Dillon17.1 mi away

2%39

Little Rock20.1 mi away

2%36

Charleston99.1 mi away

1%30

Woodfield88.2 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,294

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.

25%

31%

17%

27%

25%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marion is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marion are

2,695 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

2,695 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Marion residents hold

2,312 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+72%

Jobs based in Marion, 2013 → 2023: 1,563 → 2,695. 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.