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

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

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

Cape Girardeau18.6 mi away

18%43

Sikeston11.1 mi away

11%27

Oran3.7 mi away

6%13

Scott City13.2 mi away

3%7

Jackson23.4 mi away

3%7

Morley (in town)right here

2%5

Chaffee9.9 mi away

2%5

Miner10.4 mi away

2%5

Kennett60.5 mi away

2%4

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%

49%

12%

17%

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.