Scott-Lucas House · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Morocco have lower incomes than those in 71% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 11% across Indiana. Below the poverty line: 7.0% of residents (Indiana 12.3%). Morocco grades C 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
What sets Morocco apart on work
Fewer jobs are based in Morocco than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Morocco fell from 552 in 2013 to 304 in 2023, −45%. 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 ↓
Morocco workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
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 493 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Morocco
On income, poverty and job access, Morocco is better than 29% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Morocco’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.6%) is left out: Morocco’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, Morocco could be anywhere from D to B−.
Services make up most of the work in Morocco
304 jobs are based in Morocco.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morocco, 2013 → 2023: 552 → 304. 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 Morocco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Morocco: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morocco workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 454 commuters (the 3% 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.
Half of Morocco commutes less than 37 miles
About 31% 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.
A workday in Morocco: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 467 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Morocco on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.62 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.
7% of working residents work in Colfax Township
Where Morocco clocks in
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.
In Morocco, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morocco is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Morocco 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 468 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). 5.2% of Morocco households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morocco’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Morocco comes 2,141st 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 69 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Greenville IN | 1,452 | $135K | 5.6% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,139 | Wayne Township OH | 1,310 | $64K | 10.0% | 0.0% | <1% | C |
| 2,140 | Round Lake WI | 1,148 | $62K | 5.8% | 3.3% | 8% | C |
| 2,141 | Morocco IN | 1,084 | $62K | 7.0% | 4.6% | 5% | C |
| 2,142 | Ashley IN | 1,037 | $49K | 11.1% | 2.5% | 5% | C |
| 2,143 | Lake Waccamaw NC | 1,239 | $73K | 9.3% | 4.0% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Morocco, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
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 Morocco: questions
What is the median household income in Morocco?
$61,767 (±$13,082) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morocco?
7.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morocco?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morocco work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colfax Township (7%, 9 mi), Rensselaer (6%, 16 mi), Kentland (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morocco walkable?
Morocco is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morocco without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morocco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morocco
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.