Work & commute · Morley

Work & commute in Morley, MI

Most working residents leave Morley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Big Rapids (11%), Grand Rapids (11%) and Mecosta (5%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 151 Morley residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morley.

151live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morley goes to work

Big Rapids14.6 mi away

11%17

Grand Rapids38.1 mi away

11%17

Mecosta8.4 mi away

5%8

Walker37.5 mi away

3%5

Big Rapids13.4 mi away

3%5

Cascade41 mi away

3%5

Aetna3.7 mi away

3%4

Reed City26.6 mi away

2%3

Holland59.8 mi away

2%3

Plainfield30 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%83

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

How far

How far Morley commutes

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

12%

26%

40%

22%

12%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morley is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morley are

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

Jobs based in Morley

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less59%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month7%

Jobs Morley residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−43%

Jobs based in Morley, 2011 → 2021: 133 → 76. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.