Work & commute · Morris

Work & commute in Morris, IL

Most working residents leave Morris for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Morris (21%), Chicago (9%) and Joliet (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

481 of 3,480 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,999 Morris residents head out of town to work, 481 work right here, and 3,221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morris.

2,999live here, work elsewhere

481live and work here

3,221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morris goes to work

Morris1.3 mi away

21%716

Chicago49.6 mi away

9%317

Joliet17.1 mi away

7%243

Minooka9 mi away

3%95

Channahon8.6 mi away

3%94

Wauponsee3 mi away

2%78

Naperville29.5 mi away

2%68

Bolingbrook27.2 mi away

1%47

Romeoville24.2 mi away

1%41

Aurora28.2 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,740

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

How far

How far Morris commutes

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

30%

22%

28%

20%

30%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morris is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Morris are

3,702 jobs are based in Morris. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morris’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morris

3,702 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Morris residents hold

3,480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+21%

Jobs based in Morris, 2013 → 2023: 3,050 → 3,702. 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.