Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Morris has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Morris are B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Employers in Morris report 478 jobs, against 995 working residents. Measured by household income, Morris is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Morris and work: the main findings
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Morris
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Morris is better than 61% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Morris’ grade up ($109,191, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (8.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate 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+.
A place that makes things: 55% of Morris’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morris, 2013 → 2023: 363 → 478. 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.
Morris quiets down on a workday
On a workday 945 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 428 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Morris on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
8% of working residents work in Litchfield
Where Morris clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Connecticut
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morris workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 912 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Morris’ commute, mile by mile
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.
Morris is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morris is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Morris near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,117 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). 3.8% of Morris households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morris’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100, Morris ranks 1,678th of 5,328 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 154 | Newtown CT | 1,980 | $165K | 2.0% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 163 | Woodmont CT | 2,391 | $91K | 1.9% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Bridgewater CT | 1,677 | $159K | 3.0% | 3.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,676 | Stonewall LA | 2,716 | $57K | 9.7% | 0.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,677 | Brewster OH | 2,192 | $57K | 10.0% | 1.4% | 7% | B |
| 1,678 | Morris CT | 2,300 | $109K | 6.8% | 8.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,679 | Jefferson Township OH | 1,791 | $74K | 4.4% | 3.6% | 6% | B |
| 1,680 | North Pole AK | 2,477 | $92K | 4.9% | 4.6% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | 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 Connecticut.
Morris and its neighbors: 15% work next door
The biggest share goes to Litchfield (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morris workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris | – | B | C | 29 min | $109,191 |
| Litchfield | 8% | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $102,609 |
| Bethlehem | under 3% | A− | B | 29 min | $108,929 |
| Bethlehem Village | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Washington | 2% | B | A− | 26 min | $101,549 |
| Watertown | 5% | A | B+ | 24 min | $101,691 |
| Thomaston | under 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $103,218 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bethlehem Village: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$109,191 (±$25,202) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morris?
6.8%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morris?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morris work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Litchfield (8%, 3 mi), Waterbury (7%, 13 mi), Torrington (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morris walkable?
Morris is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morris without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.