Junction Railroad Depot · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Morristown earn less than those in 84% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 14.1% (Indiana 12.3%). Jobs and income earn Morristown C; getting around on foot earns it C. Only 8% work in Morristown itself; outside it, Indianapolis draws the most (28%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Morristown apart
Morristown is where the jobs are
Morristown has 1,024 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The biggest group of Morristown’s workers comes from Indianapolis
86 of the people who work in Morristown live in Indianapolis, 23 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
Morristown makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Morristown are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Morristown residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. 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; with 597 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Morristown gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Morristown is better than 33% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Morristown’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($53,250, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.6%) is left out: Morristown’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Morristown could be anywhere from C− to B.
How many people are in Morristown by day
On a workday 550 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 977 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Morristown on a workday afternoon, 36% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where the people who work in Morristown live
Where Morristown clocks in
28% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 51% of the jobs in Morristown
1,024 jobs are based in Morristown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morristown, 2013 → 2023: 721 → 1,024. 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 Morristown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Morristown: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morristown workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 466 commuters (the 11% 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.
Morristown’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Few in Morristown walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morristown is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 522 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). 10.7% of Morristown households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morristown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Morristown is 2,263rd of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 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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| 75 | Galena IN | 1,549 | $128K | 1.8% | 4.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,261 | Niles NY | 1,135 | $81K | 10.5% | 3.3% | 2% | C |
| 2,262 | Graham Township PA | 1,308 | $78K | 11.8% | 2.6% | 3% | C |
| 2,263 | Morristown IN | 1,183 | $53K | 14.1% | 0.6% | 8% | C |
| 2,264 | Boardman Township MI | 1,537 | $84K | 10.7% | 4.7% | 2% | C |
| 2,265 | Kidder Township MO | 1,039 | $73K | 10.7% | 2.8% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Morristown, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Next door to Morristown
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morristown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morristown | – | C | C | 28 min | $53,250 |
| Hanover Township | under 2% | B | B− | 28 min | $80,739 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Morristown’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 Morristown: questions
What is the median household income in Morristown?
$53,250 (±$14,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morristown?
14.1%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morristown?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morristown work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indianapolis (28%, 23 mi), Shelbyville (10%, 10 mi), Greenfield (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morristown walkable?
Morristown is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morristown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morristown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morristown
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.