Work & commute · Morgan

Work & commute in Morgan, KS

Most working residents leave Morgan for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Colby (46%), Oakley (6%) and Goodland (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 224 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 211 Morgan residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morgan.

211live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morgan goes to work

Colby4.1 mi away

46%102

Oakley20.5 mi away

6%13

Morgan (in town)right here

6%13

Goodland32.7 mi away

3%6

Hays100.6 mi away

2%5

Wichita232.9 mi away

2%5

Smith18.8 mi away

2%5

Hoxie35.4 mi away

2%4

Brewster14.8 mi away

1%3

Atwood32.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%65

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.

54%

12%

24%

54%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morgan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Morgan are

259 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

259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Morgan residents hold

224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−23%

Jobs based in Morgan, 2013 → 2023: 338 → 259. 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.