Work & commute · Morley

Work & commute in Morley, MO

Most working residents leave Morley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cape Girardeau (18%), Sikeston (11%) and Oran (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
5 of 235 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 230 Morley residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morley.

230live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
96work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Morley goes to work

PaducahDeltaGordonvilleMorleyAdvanceOranChaffeeMinerScott CityKennettJacksonSikestonCape GirardeauPikeCape GirardeauSikestonOranScott CityJacksonChaffeeMinerKennettPaducahMorley
1
Cape Girardeau18.6 mi away
18%43
2
Sikeston11.1 mi away
11%27
3
Oran3.7 mi away
6%13
4
Scott City13.2 mi away
3%7
5
Jackson23.4 mi away
3%7
6
Morley (in town)right here
2%5
7
Chaffee9.9 mi away
2%5
8
Miner10.4 mi away
2%5
9
Kennett60.5 mi away
2%4
10
Paducah, KY53.4 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%116

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.

22%Under 10 mi
49%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Morley is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morley are

101 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

101 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)86%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)3%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Morley residents hold

235 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+2%

Jobs based in Morley, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 101. 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.

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