Work & commute · Morton

Work & commute in Morton, WA

Most working residents leave Morton for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (5%), Tacoma (5%) and Chehalis (4%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

62 of 362 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 300 Morton residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 686 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morton.

300live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

686work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morton goes to work

Morton (in town)right here

17%62

Seattle73.4 mi away

5%19

Tacoma48.7 mi away

5%18

Chehalis33.3 mi away

4%13

Kent57.6 mi away

2%8

Centralia34.9 mi away

2%7

Puyallup43 mi away

2%7

Olympia44.2 mi away

1%5

Renton63.8 mi away

1%5

Lacey41.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%213

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.

28%

30%

34%

28%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morton is a job hub

2.07jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Morton are

748 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

748 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Morton residents hold

362 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−20%

Jobs based in Morton, 2013 → 2023: 935 → 748. 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.