Work & commute · Morgan

Work & commute in Morgan, VT

Most working residents leave Morgan for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Newport (26%), Derby (16%) and Holland (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 231 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 226 Morgan residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morgan.

226live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morgan goes to work

Newport13.5 mi away

26%59

Derby10.3 mi away

16%38

Holland5.7 mi away

6%13

Barton13.4 mi away

5%11

St. Johnsbury30.3 mi away

5%11

Charleston4.5 mi away

4%10

Brighton7.7 mi away

2%5

Morgan (in town)right here

2%5

South Burlington68.7 mi away

2%4

St. Albans59.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%71

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

How far

How far Morgan commutes

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

30%

35%

10%

25%

30%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morgan is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Morgan are

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

Jobs based in Morgan

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Morgan residents hold

231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+109%

Jobs based in Morgan, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 67. 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.