Work & commute · Fort Morgan

Work & commute in Fort Morgan, CO

46% of Fort Morgan’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Denver (6%), Greeley (5%) and Brush (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

2,717 of 5,969 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 3,252 Fort Morgan residents head out of town to work, 2,717 work right here, and 4,720 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Morgan.

3,252live here, work elsewhere

2,717live and work here

4,720work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Morgan goes to work

Fort Morgan (in town)right here

46%2,717

Denver67.2 mi away

6%339

Greeley53.2 mi away

5%304

Brush7.8 mi away

3%195

Colorado Springs108.9 mi away

2%119

Aurora62.2 mi away

2%117

Fort Collins70.5 mi away

1%84

Sterling40.2 mi away

1%73

Loveland68.4 mi away

1%72

Lakewood80.3 mi away

1%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,880

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

How far

How far Fort Morgan commutes

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

56%

35%

56%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Morgan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Morgan are

7,437 jobs are based in Fort Morgan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Morgan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Morgan

7,437 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Fort Morgan residents hold

5,969 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

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Jobs based in Fort Morgan, 2013 → 2023: 7,402 → 7,437. 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.