Work & commute · Morton

Work & commute in Morton, MI

Most working residents leave Morton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Big Rapids (12%), Grand Rapids (8%) and Mount Pleasant (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

130 of 1,422 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,292 Morton residents head out of town to work, 130 work right here, and 501 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morton.

1,292live here, work elsewhere

130live and work here

501work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morton goes to work

Big Rapids13 mi away

12%166

Morton (in town)right here

9%130

Grand Rapids48.1 mi away

8%109

Mount Pleasant24.4 mi away

4%60

Wheatland5.8 mi away

4%50

Big Rapids13.3 mi away

3%41

Kentwood51.8 mi away

2%29

Evart20.9 mi away

2%28

Sheridan9.3 mi away

2%28

Wyoming53.6 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%756

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.

19%

24%

27%

30%

19%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morton is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morton are

631 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

631 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Morton residents hold

1,422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−17%

Jobs based in Morton, 2011 → 2021: 763 → 631. 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.