Work & commute · Morris

Work & commute in Morris, NY

Most working residents leave Morris for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New York (8%), Oneonta (7%) and Butternuts (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 625 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 582 Morris residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morris.

582live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morris goes to work

New York146.8 mi away

8%47

Oneonta11.7 mi away

7%45

Morris (in town)right here

7%43

Butternuts5.8 mi away

7%42

Oneonta11.7 mi away

7%42

Sidney16.3 mi away

5%32

Norwich13.2 mi away

4%23

Norwich11.5 mi away

4%23

Albany75 mi away

4%22

New Berlin6.6 mi away

3%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%286

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.

22%

38%

11%

29%

22%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morris is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morris are

296 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

296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Morris residents hold

625 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−8%

Jobs based in Morris, 2013 → 2023: 322 → 296. 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.