White's Chapel United Methodist Church · Photo: Watts428 · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Morrow
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Louisiana has 8%. Hardly any work in Morrow; the top destination outside it is Opelousas (20%, 21 miles). Morrow has 55 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Morrow by day
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 98 people are in Morrow on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where Morrow’s working residents head each day
Where Morrow clocks in
20% of workers
15% 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.
Working from home in Morrow
of Morrow workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 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 Morrow commutes less than 41 miles
About 35% 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.
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 Morrow: questions
What is the median household income in Morrow?
$35,038 (±$25,083) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morrow?
5.9%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Morrow work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Opelousas (20%, 21 mi), Lafayette (15%, 43 mi), Port Barre (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Morrow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 35% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morrow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morrow
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.