Marmarth is a tiny city located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 94 people and just one neighborhood, Marmarth is the 124th largest community in North Dakota. Marmarth has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.
When you are in Marmarth, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 52.17% of Marmarth’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Marmarth is a city of transportation and shipping workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Marmarth who work in maintenance occupations (15.22%), healthcare (15.22%), and farm management occupations (8.70%).
Another important characteristic of Marmarth is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
Because of many things, Marmarth is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Marmarth really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Marmarth perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Marmarth has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Marmarth a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Marmarth is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Marmarth, the average commute to work is 31.88 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Marmarth doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Marmarth is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.38% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Marmarth in 2022 was $54,576, which is wealthy relative to North Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $218,304 for a family of four.
Marmarth is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Marmarth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Marmarth residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Marmarth include German, English, Danish, Swiss, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Marmarth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 53.3% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.8% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 1 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 99.5% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.2% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
More people in choose to walk to work each day (20.4%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.4% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of North Dakota. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 46.9% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 16.4% have Norwegian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Marmarth are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 1.4% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 77.1% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 59.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 18.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing (11.8%), and 7.0% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.8% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.1%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Marmarth, ND, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (46.9%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (16.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (8.4%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.8%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (59.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (20.4%) and 8.2% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.