Most of Morris commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Morris is better than 79% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (D). Employers in Morris report 395 jobs; 1,151 of its residents have a job. Measured by household income, Morris is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Morris
Morris and Birmingham trade workers both ways
Birmingham is the top workplace for Morris residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Morris come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Morris empties out on a workday
About 1,600 people are in Morris on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 2,400 who live here: 1,100 head out to work and 380 come in. Day and night ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
32% of the jobs based in Morris are held by workers 29 or younger, against 22% of Morris’ own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Morris earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($101,563, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Morris could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
32% of working residents work in Birmingham
Where Morris clocks in
32% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Morris on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,131 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 375 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Morris on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Morris: what the 395 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morris, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 395. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Morris: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morris workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,268 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Morris commutes less than 17 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Morris commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,379 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of Morris households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morris’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Morris is 782nd of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 395 | Westover AL | 2,121 | $97K | 4.1% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 780 | Knightsen CA | 2,264 | $177K | 3.8% | 5.5% | <1% | A− |
| 781 | Dover Base Housing DE | 2,962 | $82K | 2.2% | 12.4% | 1% | A− |
| 782 | Morris AL | 2,360 | $102K | 6.7% | 3.6% | 2% | A− |
| 783 | Farley IA | 1,718 | $97K | 3.6% | 4.9% | 13% | A− |
| 784 | Sloatsburg NY | 3,120 | $108K | 5.4% | 6.3% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Morris, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Morris and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Kimberly (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Morris’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Morris: questions
What is the median household income in Morris?
$101,563 (±$37,195) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morris?
6.7%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morris?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morris work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Birmingham (32%, 15 mi), Homewood (6%, 20 mi), Hoover (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morris walkable?
Morris is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morris without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morris, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morris
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.