Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMorgan Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Morgan Township is behind 85% of U.S. towns. Employers in Morgan Township report 53 jobs, and 483 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Morgan Township are C for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Morgan Township apart on work
Morgan Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Morgan Township is Indianapolis, 49 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (92) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Morgan Township is a place people come home to
There are 53 jobs based in Morgan Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Morgan Township has about 800 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Morgan Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical 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; with 483 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Morgan Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Morgan Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Morgan Township’s grade up (5.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($52,455, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Morgan Township’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 Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Where in the region Morgan Township works
About 20% 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.
How many people are in Morgan Township by day
On a workday 478 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Morgan Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Morgan Township’s commute takes about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morgan Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 417 commuters (the 30% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
19% of working residents work in Indianapolis
Where Morgan Township clocks in
19% of workers
14% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Morgan Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morgan Township, 2014 → 2024: 23 → 53. 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 Morgan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Morgan Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morgan Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Morgan 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 595 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). 3.3% of Morgan Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morgan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Morgan Township is 2,715th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Foxcliff Estates IN | 1,674 | $142K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,713 | Bay Township OH | 1,108 | $65K | 12.9% | 0.0% | 5% | C |
| 2,714 | Lynchburg OH | 1,538 | $71K | 12.1% | 3.3% | 2% | C |
| 2,715 | Morgan Township IN | 1,228 | $52K | 5.6% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,716 | Greensboro Township IN | 1,674 | $56K | 12.4% | 4.8% | 2% | C |
| 2,717 | Brampton Township MI | 1,028 | $80K | 10.6% | 4.9% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Morgan Township
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morgan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Township | – | C | D− | 42 min | $52,455 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | D | D− | 50 min | $55,109 |
| Lafayette Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 53 min | $85,953 |
| Montgomery Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 25 min | $59,637 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Jennings Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Marion Township | under 2% | — | — | 50 min | — |
| Washington Township | 3% | C+ | B | 23 min | $62,182 |
Same-state neighbors only. Washington Township, Jennings Township and Marion Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Morgan 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 Morgan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Morgan Township?
$52,455 (±$6,387) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morgan Township?
5.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morgan Township?
42 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morgan Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (19%, 49 mi), Spencer (14%, 8 mi), Bloomington (12%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Morgan Township walkable?
Morgan Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morgan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morgan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morgan 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.