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Jobs & commute in Morris

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Morris works elsewhere

There are 44 jobs in Morris, and 188 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 18 minutes on average; Indiana averages 24, the U.S. 26. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Indiana 11%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

44 jobs based here
Household income
$65K
median · Indiana $72K
Poverty
0.2%
Indiana 12.3%
Unemployment
0.0%
Indiana 4.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
18 min
Indiana 24 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 188 working residents
Work from home
0%
Indiana 11% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

In and out of Morris on a workday

On a workday 188 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.

188live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
44work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night590
Workday440
590live here− 190head out to work+ 44come in to work= 440on a workday

About 440 people are in Morris on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.23jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

24% of working residents work in Batesville

Sunman: 4 residents work here (2%)Lawrenceburg: 6 residents work here (3%)Batesville: 46 residents work here (24%)St. Leon: 3 residents work here (2%)ConnersvilleGreensburg: 10 residents work here (5%)Harrison: 7 residents work here (4%)Cincinnati: 11 residents work here (6%)Washington TownshipFranklin TownshipWashington Township: 5 residents work here (3%)Adams Township: 6 residents work here (3%)Salt Creek TownshipDelaware TownshipIndianapolis: 9 residents work here (5%)MorrisBatesvilleCincinnatiGreensburgIndianapolisHarrisonLawrenceburgMorris
1
Batesville2.6 mi away
24%46
2
Cincinnati, OH36.9 mi away
6%11
3
Greensburg18.3 mi away
5%10
4
Indianapolis62.2 mi away
5%9
5
Harrison, OH20.6 mi away
4%7
6
Lawrenceburg19.9 mi away
3%6
7
Adams Township2 mi away
3%6
8
Washington Township16.6 mi away
3%5
9
Sunman5.2 mi away
2%4
10
St. Leon10.9 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%81
The top trips

Where Morris clocks in

24% of workers
2.6 mi awayBatesville46 Morris residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6% of workers
36.9 mi awayCincinnati, OH11 Morris residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5%Greensburg
5% of workers
18.3 mi awayGreensburg10 Morris residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

Jobs in Morris: what the 44 are

Jobs based in MorrisJobs Morris residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms25%22%
Trade, transport & utilities30%20%
Services: health, schools, offices45%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%29%
Over $3,333 a month61%54%

Who does it

29 or younger32%24%
30 to 5443%47%
55 and older25%28%
+13%

Jobs based in Morris, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 44. 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 Morris’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Morris: about 18 minutes

A year of commuting
141 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Morris18 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Morris workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Morris gets to work
83%Drive alone
17%Carpool

Share of the 384 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Morris

10 mi25 mi50 mi70 miBatesville: 24% · 2.6 miCincinnati: 6% · 36.9 miGreensburg: 5% · 18.3 miIndianapolis: 5% · 62.2 miHarrison: 4% · 20.6 miLawrenceburg: 3% · 19.9 miAdams Township: 3% · 2 miWashington Township: 3% · 16.6 miSunman: 2% · 5.2 miSt. Leon: 2% · 10.9 miBatesville 24%Greensburg 5%Indianapolis 5%Harrison 4%Morris
MorrisTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi61 residents
25%10–24 mi46 residents
26%25–50 mi48 residents
16%Over 50 mi30 residents

About 16% 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.

Next door

24% of Morris works in a bordering town

Batesville: 24% of workers work hereBatesvilleMorris
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Batesville24% of Morris works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownMorris workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Morris–——18 min$65,296
Batesville24%C+B−27 min$62,292

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Batesville. Darker towns draw more of Morris’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Morris: questions

What is the median household income in Morris?

$65,296 (±$46,073) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Morris?

0.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Morris?

18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Morris work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batesville (24%, 3 mi), Cincinnati (6%, 37 mi), Greensburg (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Morris without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Morris, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Morris

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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.