Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0Morris Township has lower unemployment (3.4%) than 63% of U.S. towns
10% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Illinois as a whole. Jobs and income earn Morris Township B; getting around on foot earns it B+. About one in seven work in Morris Township; the top destination outside it is Morris (21%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Morris Township at work: what stands out
Morris Township trades workers with the towns around it
Morris Township has about as many jobs (3,955) as working residents (3,471), but they are mostly different people: 3,000 residents leave for work each day while 3,484 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Morris Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Morris Township and Morris trade workers both ways
Morris is the top workplace for Morris Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Morris Township come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Morris Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Morris Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Morris Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #410 of 768 in Illinois. Job access by car holds Morris Township’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Morris Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Morris Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,000 residents head out to work, 471 work right here, and 3,484 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Morris Township’s residents
Where Morris Township clocks in
21% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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 21 minutes each way for Morris Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morris Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,850 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Morris Township
3,955 jobs are based in Morris Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morris Township, 2014 → 2024: 3,262 → 3,955. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morris Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Morris Township works
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Morris Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morris Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #348 of 768 in Illinois. Both inputs place Morris Township 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 4,268 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.6% of Morris Township households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Morris Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Morris Township next to U.S. towns of 5,100 to 9,900: 1,474th of 3,154 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 12 | Long Grove IL | 8,343 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Riverside IL | 8,939 | $154K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Northfield IL | 5,632 | $162K | 3.2% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,472 | Milan MI | 5,973 | $97K | 10.4% | 5.8% | 9% | B |
| 1,473 | Geneseo NY | 7,759 | $47K | 36.6% | 10.2% | 13% | B |
| 1,474 | Morris Township IL | 7,356 | $74K | 10.4% | 3.4% | 14% | B |
| 1,475 | Bangor Base WA | 6,112 | $80K | 5.4% | 4.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,476 | Estes Park CO | 5,780 | $86K | 8.0% | 0.8% | 44% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,154 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Bordering towns draw 23% of Morris Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morris Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Township | – | B | B+ | 21 min | $74,458 |
| Morris | 21% | B+ | B+ | 22 min | $76,711 |
| Wauponsee Township | 2% | A− | D | 23 min | $117,928 |
| Goose Lake Township | under 2% | A+ | D− | 34 min | $116,648 |
| Erienna Township | under 2% | A | B | 20 min | $96,906 |
| Saratoga Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $81,642 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Morris. Darker towns draw more of Morris Township’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 2024, 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Morris Township?
$74,458 (±$7,502) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morris Township?
10.4%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morris Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morris Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morris (21%, 1 mi), Chicago (10%, 50 mi), Joliet (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Morris Township walkable?
Morris Township is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morris Township without a car?
1% 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 Morris Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morris Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.