Work & commute · Morristown

Work & commute in Morristown, IN

Most working residents leave Morristown for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Center (10%), Shelbyville (10%) and Greenfield (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 597 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 550 Morristown residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 977 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morristown.

550live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

977work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morristown goes to work

Center22.5 mi away

10%62

Shelbyville10.4 mi away

10%60

Morristown (in town)right here

8%47

Greenfield7.3 mi away

6%38

Warren16.3 mi away

5%29

Washington25.4 mi away

3%19

Greenwood20.9 mi away

3%17

Perry22.7 mi away

3%17

Carmel29.2 mi away

3%16

Columbus35 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%278

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

How far

How far Morristown commutes

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

21%

40%

31%

21%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morristown is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Morristown are

1,024 jobs are based in Morristown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morristown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morristown

1,024 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Morristown residents hold

597 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+42%

Jobs based in Morristown, 2013 → 2023: 721 → 1,024. 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.