Work & commute · Morton

Work & commute in Morton, PA

Most working residents leave Morton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (25%), Springfield (5%) and Lower Merion (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 1,393 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,336 Morton residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 1,232 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morton.

1,336live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

1,232work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morton goes to work

Philadelphia12.3 mi away

25%347

Springfield1.3 mi away

5%71

Morton (in town)right here

4%57

Lower Merion8.5 mi away

4%51

Upper Merion12.6 mi away

4%49

Radnor8.1 mi away

2%29

Media3.3 mi away

2%26

Upper Darby3.3 mi away

2%25

Newtown7.1 mi away

2%24

Ridley1.7 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%691

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

How far

How far Morton commutes

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

63%

28%

63%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Morton are

1,289 jobs are based in Morton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Morton

1,289 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Morton residents hold

1,393 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−4%

Jobs based in Morton, 2013 → 2023: 1,337 → 1,289. 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.