Van Wagoner, Murray D., Memorial Bridge · Photo: Michael Ceresko · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Morenci works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers; Michigan has 14%. There are 389 jobs in Morenci, against 870 working residents. Jobs and income earn Morenci C+; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Morenci and work: the main findings
The better-paid jobs are outside Morenci
58% of Morenci residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 30% of the jobs based in Morenci pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Few Morenci workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Morenci makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Morenci are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Morenci residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 36%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 870 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Morenci gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Morenci is better than 37% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Morenci’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($59,643, U.S. $80,734).
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Morenci could be anywhere from C− to B.
Goods jobs make up 36% of work in Morenci
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morenci, 2011 → 2021: 375 → 389. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morenci’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Morenci: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morenci workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,122 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Morenci
On a workday 810 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 329 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Morenci on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2021, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Adrian
Where Morenci clocks in
5% of workers
3% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Morenci
About 23% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Morenci, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morenci is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,135 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). 1.3% of Morenci households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morenci’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Morenci ranks: 2,853rd of 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,851 | Onawa IA | 2,821 | $62K | 16.3% | 1.2% | 31% | C+ |
| 2,852 | Cimarron KS | 1,935 | $82K | 16.5% | 3.4% | 22% | C+ |
| 2,853 | Morenci MI | 2,218 | $60K | 13.2% | 2.6% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,854 | Winfield MO | 1,660 | $76K | 18.0% | 2.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,855 | Beaver Dam AZ | 1,624 | $73K | 6.2% | 6.8% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Morenci, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Morenci
The biggest share goes to Seneca Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morenci workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morenci | – | C+ | B | 23 min | $59,643 |
| Seneca Township | 2% | B− | D− | 34 min | $63,365 |
| Medina Township | under 2% | C | D | 39 min | $72,266 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Morenci’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 2021, 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 Morenci: questions
What is the median household income in Morenci?
$59,643 (±$10,666) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morenci?
13.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morenci?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morenci work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (10%, 15 mi), Wauseon (5%, 12 mi), Ann Arbor (3%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Morenci walkable?
Morenci is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morenci without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morenci, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morenci
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, 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.