Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0Morgan Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Employers in Morgan Township report 458 jobs, and 1,787 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Morgan Township are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Morgan Township, in brief
Morgan Township is a place people come home to
There are 458 jobs based in Morgan Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Morgan Township has about 2,700 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Morgan Township makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Morgan Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Morgan Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Morgan Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Morgan Township fell from 623 in 2013 to 458 in 2023, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Morgan Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
The four measures behind Morgan Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Morgan Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #95 of 593 in Indiana. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Morgan Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Morgan Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,730 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 401 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Morgan Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Morgan Township makes things: 37% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morgan Township, 2013 → 2023: 623 → 458. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
23% of working residents work in Valparaiso
Where Morgan Township clocks in
23% of workers
6% 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.
About 27 minutes to work from Morgan Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 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 1,985 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Morgan Township
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.
Most trips from Morgan Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morgan Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #425 of 593 in Indiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Indiana, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,094 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). 2.4% 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 next to U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400: 747th of 4,177 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 84 | Clark Township IN | 3,026 | $138K | 5.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
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| 95 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 136 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 745 | County Center VA | 3,789 | $152K | 5.1% | 6.0% | 3% | A− |
| 746 | Fairport NY | 5,326 | $107K | 12.6% | 1.8% | 7% | A− |
| 747 | Morgan Township IN | 4,036 | $113K | 1.6% | 4.1% | 3% | A− |
| 748 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| 749 | Springfield Township NJ | 3,315 | $146K | 6.5% | 5.2% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
Morgan Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morgan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Township | – | A− | C− | 27 min | $112,951 |
| Cass Township | under 3% | B | C− | 29 min | $62,875 |
| Porter Township | under 3% | A | D− | 40 min | $123,075 |
| Pleasant Township | under 3% | A− | D | 31 min | $87,389 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | A | C− | 34 min | $109,879 |
| Boone Township | under 3% | B | C− | 36 min | $74,631 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Morgan Township?
$112,951 (±$12,410) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morgan Township?
1.6%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morgan Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morgan Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Valparaiso (23%, 7 mi), Gary (6%, 22 mi), Merrillville (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morgan Township walkable?
Morgan Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morgan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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), 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.