Work & commute · Morris

Work & commute in Morris, PA

Most working residents leave Morris for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are College (7%), Lawrence (5%) and Rush (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

98 of 1,018 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 920 Morris residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morris.

920live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morris goes to work

Morris (in town)right here

10%98

College22.5 mi away

7%68

Lawrence15.9 mi away

5%54

Rush8.3 mi away

5%51

Decatur6.9 mi away

4%44

Ferguson19.9 mi away

4%40

Patton17.3 mi away

4%39

Cooper6.5 mi away

3%30

Bradford7.9 mi away

3%26

Clearfield13 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%543

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.

31%

33%

13%

23%

31%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morris 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 Morris are

453 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

453 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Morris residents hold

1,018 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+10%

Jobs based in Morris, 2013 → 2023: 411 → 453. 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.