Work & commute · Morton

Work & commute in Morton, KS

Most working residents leave Morton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Salina (32%), Minneapolis (25%) and Delphos (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 165 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 162 Morton residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morton.

162live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morton goes to work

Salina19 mi away

32%52

Minneapolis12.2 mi away

25%42

Delphos19.4 mi away

4%7

Tescott0.8 mi away

1%2

Clay Center47.4 mi away

1%2

Beloit34.3 mi away

1%2

Abilene34.8 mi away

1%2

Pratt102.5 mi away

1%2

Wichita95.1 mi away

1%2

Elm Creek12.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%50

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

How far

How far Morton commutes

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

67%

23%

2%Under 10 mi

67%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morton is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morton are

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

Jobs based in Morton

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Morton residents hold

165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−13%

Jobs based in Morton, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 27. 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.