Work & commute · Marion

Work & commute in Marion, VA

About one in 3 of Marion’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Atkins (9%), Wytheville (4%) and Chilhowie (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

627 of 2,127 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,500 Marion residents head out of town to work, 627 work right here, and 5,044 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marion.

1,500live here, work elsewhere

627live and work here

5,044work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marion goes to work

Marion (in town)right here

29%627

Atkins6.8 mi away

9%195

Wytheville24.9 mi away

4%83

Chilhowie9.6 mi away

4%77

Abingdon26.8 mi away

4%77

Rural Retreat14 mi away

2%40

Bristol38.7 mi away

2%37

Johnson City, TN58.9 mi away

1%26

Norton61.7 mi away

1%23

Adwolf5.1 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%922

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.

51%

14%

22%

51%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marion is a job hub

2.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Marion are

5,671 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

5,671 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Marion residents hold

2,127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−6%

Jobs based in Marion, 2013 → 2023: 6,045 → 5,671. 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.