Work & commute · Morgan

Work & commute in Morgan, IN

Most working residents leave Morgan for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Valparaiso (23%), Gary (6%) and Merrillville (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 1,787 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,730 Morgan residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 401 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morgan.

1,730live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

401work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morgan goes to work

Valparaiso6.6 mi away

23%418

Gary22.5 mi away

6%105

Merrillville17.2 mi away

4%74

Kouts5.3 mi away

4%72

Chesterton14.6 mi away

4%66

Hobart16.4 mi away

3%59

Chicago, IL46.7 mi away

3%56

Portage16.3 mi away

3%55

Morgan (in town)right here

3%53

Porter16.8 mi away

3%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%784

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

How far

How far Morgan commutes

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

36%

35%

15%

14%

36%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morgan is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morgan are

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

Jobs based in Morgan

458 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Morgan residents hold

1,787 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−26%

Jobs based in Morgan, 2013 → 2023: 623 → 458. 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.