Work & commute · Moral

Work & commute in Moral, IN

Most working residents leave Moral for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Center (15%), Warren (7%) and Shelbyville (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
132 of 2,201 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,069 Moral residents head out of town to work, 132 work right here, and 718 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moral.

2,069live here, work elsewhere
132live and work here
718work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Moral goes to work

Beech GroveGreenfieldShelbyvilleGreenwoodMoralCenterPerryWashingtonFranklinSugar CreekBrandywineSugar CreekVan BurenClarkPikeWarrenIndianapolisCenterWarrenShelbyvilleGreenwoodWashingtonPerryFranklinPikeGreenfieldMoral
1
Center15.6 mi away
15%324
2
Warren10.5 mi away
7%156
3
Shelbyville9.8 mi away
7%149
4
Moral (in town)right here
5%119
5
Greenwood12.3 mi away
4%94
6
Washington20.2 mi away
4%81
7
Perry14.4 mi away
3%75
8
Franklin6.7 mi away
3%73
9
Pike25 mi away
3%68
10
Greenfield11 mi away
3%64
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%998

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

How far

How far Moral commutes

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

19%Under 10 mi
58%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Moral is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.39 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Moral are

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

Jobs based in Moral

850 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)48%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)41%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Moral residents hold

2,201 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month65%
+23%

Jobs based in Moral, 2013 → 2023: 690 → 850. 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.

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