Marietta is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 13,039 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Marietta is the 139th largest community in Ohio. Marietta has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Marietta is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Marietta is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Marietta who work in office and administrative support (12.96%), sales jobs (12.22%), and teaching (10.11%). A relatively large number of people in Marietta telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.64% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One of the benefits of Marietta is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.39 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.In terms of college education, Marietta is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.64% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Marietta in 2022 was $32,127, which is middle income relative to Ohio, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,508 for a family of four. However, Marietta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Marietta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Marietta residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Marietta include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Marietta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
