Work & commute · Marlin

Work & commute in Marlin, TX

Most working residents leave Marlin for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Waco (16%), Dallas (6%) and Austin (3%). Half commute less than 52 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

276 of 2,099 working residents

Typical commute

52 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,823 Marlin residents head out of town to work, 276 work right here, and 840 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marlin.

1,823live here, work elsewhere

276live and work here

840work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marlin goes to work

Waco24.6 mi away

16%345

Marlin (in town)right here

13%276

Dallas102.9 mi away

6%122

Austin86.5 mi away

3%70

Temple32.5 mi away

3%66

Fort Worth105.3 mi away

3%65

Houston138.1 mi away

2%50

Bryan53.7 mi away

2%34

Arlington97.2 mi away

1%29

San Antonio160.3 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,016

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

How far

How far Marlin commutes

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

15%

23%

11%

51%

15%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

51%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marlin is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marlin are

1,116 jobs are based in Marlin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marlin

1,116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Marlin residents hold

2,099 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−12%

Jobs based in Marlin, 2013 → 2023: 1,263 → 1,116. 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.