Work & commute · Morris

Work & commute in Morris, NJ

Most working residents leave Morris for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New York (11%), Morristown (11%) and Parsippany-Troy Hills (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

444 of 10,897 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,453 Morris residents head out of town to work, 444 work right here, and 10,396 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morris.

10,453live here, work elsewhere

444live and work here

10,396work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morris goes to work

New York, NY30.5 mi away

11%1,173

Morristown0.9 mi away

11%1,150

Parsippany-Troy Hills5.7 mi away

5%531

Morris (in town)right here

4%444

Florham Park5.4 mi away

3%364

Hanover3.8 mi away

3%340

Newark17.5 mi away

2%272

Jersey City23.2 mi away

2%220

Summit8.8 mi away

2%197

Bernards9.1 mi away

2%196

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%6,010

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

How far

How far Morris commutes

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

43%

33%

19%

43%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morris is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Morris are

10,840 jobs are based in Morris. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morris’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morris

10,840 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Morris residents hold

10,897 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

−14%

Jobs based in Morris, 2013 → 2023: 12,592 → 10,840. 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.