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Jobs & commute in Morgan Heights

Morgan Heights has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Employers in Morgan Heights report 9 jobs, and 156 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Morgan Heights itself; outside it, Fort Morgan draws the most (20%, 3 miles). Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers (Colorado 21%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Morgan Heights by day

On a workday 156 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.

156live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night280
Workday130
280live here− 160head out to work+ 9come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Morgan Heights on a workday afternoon, 52% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Morgan Heights ends

Wiggins: 4 residents work here (3%)Brush: 5 residents work here (3%)Fort Morgan: 31 residents work here (20%)LittletonThornton: 4 residents work here (3%)Lakewood: 4 residents work here (3%)Westminster: 4 residents work here (3%)Boulder: 4 residents work here (3%)Colorado Springs: 7 residents work here (4%)Greeley: 6 residents work here (4%)Denver: 15 residents work here (10%)WeldonaMorgan HeightsFort MorganDenverColorado SpringsGreeleyBrushWigginsMorgan Heights
1
Fort Morgan3.4 mi away
20%31
2
Denver66.5 mi away
10%15
3
Colorado Springs110 mi away
4%7
4
Greeley50.4 mi away
4%6
5
Brush10.3 mi away
3%5
6
Wiggins13.6 mi away
3%4
7
Thornton64.1 mi away
3%4
8
Lakewood79.5 mi away
3%4
9
Westminster71 mi away
3%4
10
Boulder77.4 mi away
3%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%72
The top trips

Where Morgan Heights clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

89% of the jobs in Morgan Heights pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in Morgan HeightsJobs Morgan Heights residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%21%
Trade, transport & utilities22%22%
Services: health, schools, offices78%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less11%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%26%
Over $3,333 a month89%58%

Who does it

29 or younger33%28%
30 to 5456%49%
55 and older11%23%
+80%

Jobs based in Morgan Heights, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 9. 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 Morgan Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Morgan Heights

Working from home
26%

of Morgan Heights workers work from home, vs 21% across Colorado. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
How Morgan Heights gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 60 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Colorado: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Morgan Heights

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFort Morgan: 20% · 3.4 miDenver: 10% · 66.5 miColorado Springs: 4% · 110 miGreeley: 4% · 50.4 miBrush: 3% · 10.3 miWiggins: 3% · 13.6 miThornton: 3% · 64.1 miLakewood: 3% · 79.5 miWestminster: 3% · 71 miBoulder: 3% · 77.4 miFort Morgan 20%Denver 10%Colorado Springs 4%Greeley 4%Brush 3%Morgan Heights
Morgan HeightsTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi47 residents
8%10–24 mi13 residents
5%25–50 mi8 residents
56%Over 50 mi86 residents

About 56% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Morgan Heights: questions

What is the median household income in Morgan Heights?

$144,740 (±$113,668) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,470 across Colorado and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Morgan Heights?

1.8%, against 9.4% across Colorado and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Morgan Heights work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Morgan (20%, 3 mi), Denver (10%, 66 mi), Colorado Springs (4%, 110 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Morgan Heights without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Morgan Heights, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Morgan Heights

Morgan Heights home →

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.