Household incomes in Mount Morris Township are lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 22.5% of residents; Michigan has 13.2%. The two grades for Mount Morris Township are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Mount Morris Township, in brief
Mount Morris Township and Flint trade workers both ways
Flint is the top workplace for Mount Morris Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Mount Morris Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer than half of Mount Morris Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Mount Morris Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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.
Inside Mount Morris Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Morris Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #624 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Mount Morris Township’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($46,535, 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, Mount Morris Township could be anywhere from D to C.
15% of working residents work in Flint
Where Mount Morris Township clocks in
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.
What Mount Morris Township’s employers do
4,173 jobs are based in Mount Morris Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Morris Township, 2011 → 2021: 4,309 → 4,173. 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 Mount Morris Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Mount Morris Township
On a workday 5,888 residents head out to work, 275 work right here, and 3,898 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Mount Morris Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.68 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 2021, primary jobs.
Commuting from Mount Morris Township: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Morris Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,348 commuters (the 5% 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.
Mount Morris Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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.
Most trips from Mount Morris Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Morris Township is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #109 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,732 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 50% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 20% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.5% of Mount Morris Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Mount Morris Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Morris Township next to U.S. towns of 14,000 to 26,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Southfield Township MI | 14,671 | $185K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Berkley MI | 15,145 | $116K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,624 | Payson AZ | 16,693 | $68K | 11.0% | 7.1% | 33% | C− |
| 1,625 | Corinth MS | 14,345 | $44K | 18.7% | 4.7% | 35% | C− |
| 1,626 | Mount Morris Township MI | 19,484 | $47K | 22.5% | 7.6% | 4% | C− |
| 1,627 | Harrison Township OH | 21,998 | $45K | 25.0% | 10.7% | 6% | C− |
| 1,628 | King City CA | 14,002 | $67K | 23.0% | 5.4% | 23% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,760 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Mount Morris Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Mount Morris Township and its neighbors: 25% work next door
The biggest share goes to Flint (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Morris Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Morris Township | – | C− | B+ | 25 min | $46,535 |
| Flint | 15% | D | A | 23 min | $37,646 |
| Mount Morris | under 2% | C− | A | 25 min | $48,794 |
| Flint Township | 8% | C | B | 22 min | $61,563 |
| Vienna Township | 2% | C | C | 28 min | $70,219 |
| Flushing Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 29 min | $85,292 |
| Genesee Township | under 2% | C− | C+ | 28 min | $57,406 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Morris Township’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 Mount Morris Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Morris Township?
$46,535 (±$3,886) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Morris Township?
22.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Morris Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Morris Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Flint (15%, 6 mi), Flint Township (8%, 6 mi), Burton (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Mount Morris Township walkable?
Mount Morris Township is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Morris Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 20% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Morris Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Morris Township
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.