Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Morgan have lower incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Morgan D−. Below the poverty line: 20.6% of residents, next to 13.4% across Georgia. Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers, where Georgia as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Morgan
A big share show a job far from home
49% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Morgan’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Morgan is Albany, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (55) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Morgan
26% of Morgan workers work from home, against 16% across Georgia. Time on the road ↓
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; with 390 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Morgan
On income, poverty and job access, Morgan is better than 4% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Morgan’s grade.
Unemployment (29.6%) is left out: Morgan’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Morgan could be anywhere from D− to B.
Miles to work from Morgan
About 49% 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.
The trip to work from Morgan: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morgan workers work from home, vs 16% across Georgia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Georgia: 84% 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.
Who leaves Morgan for work, and who comes in
On a workday 370 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Morgan on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Albany
Where Morgan clocks in
14% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Morgan
201 jobs are based in Morgan.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morgan, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 201. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Morgan and other U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Berkeley Lake GA | 2,034 | $166K | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Fairplay GA | 1,881 | $120K | 1.6% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 199 | Isle of Hope GA | 2,053 | $105K | 1.4% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,289 | Cedar Bluff AL | 1,948 | $53K | 29.3% | 3.9% | 2% | D− |
| 5,290 | Dover AR | 1,385 | $32K | 30.5% | 2.6% | 5% | D− |
| 5,291 | Morgan GA | 1,818 | $46K | 20.6% | 29.6% | 5% | D− |
| 5,292 | Kinsley KS | 1,312 | $49K | 19.3% | 7.3% | 37% | D− |
| 5,293 | Elsberry MO | 2,108 | $50K | 24.8% | 1.6% | 10% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Morgan, the top three, the last and three more from Georgia.
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 Morgan: questions
What is the median household income in Morgan?
$46,250 (±$29,713) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,353 across Georgia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morgan?
20.6%, against 13.4% across Georgia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morgan?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Georgia and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morgan work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albany (14%, 25 mi), Valdosta (5%, 92 mi), Camilla (4%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Morgan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morgan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morgan
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.