Mount Morris has higher unemployment (8.3%) than 89% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.9 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 7.2 in Detroit. Jobs and income earn Mount Morris C−; getting around on foot earns it A. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Mount Morris: the gist
Fewer jobs are based in Mount Morris than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mount Morris fell from 1,476 in 2011 to 588 in 2021, −60%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of Mount Morris workers earn over $40,000 a year
40% of Mount Morris’ 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 ↓
Few Mount Morris workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Morris is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #634 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Mount Morris’ grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Morris could be anywhere from D to B−.
The kinds of work in Mount Morris
588 jobs are based in Mount Morris.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Morris, 2011 → 2021: 1,476 → 588. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Mount Morris’ commuters
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 workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,081 commuters (the 2% 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.
How a workday changes Mount Morris
On a workday 1,038 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 556 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Mount Morris on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.55 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.
10% of working residents work in Flint
Where Mount Morris 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.
Half of Mount Morris commutes less than 17 miles
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 Mount Morris, walking beats the bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, above 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 1,104 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% 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). 19.2% of Mount Morris households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Mount Morris’ commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Morris is 3,817th of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 136 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 226 | Heath Township MI | 4,017 | $105K | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,815 | Rutland NY | 2,952 | $72K | 17.5% | 7.9% | 3% | C− |
| 3,816 | Valencia NM | 2,406 | $55K | 29.4% | 7.8% | 1% | C− |
| 3,817 | Mount Morris MI | 3,086 | $49K | 22.7% | 8.3% | 3% | C− |
| 3,818 | Baldwyn MS | 3,104 | $44K | 21.8% | 5.0% | 9% | C− |
| 3,819 | Portage PA | 2,344 | $46K | 23.2% | 5.0% | 7% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Mount Morris and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Morris workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Morris | – | C− | A | 25 min | $48,794 |
| Mount Morris Township | 2% | C− | B+ | 25 min | $46,535 |
| Genesee Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 28 min | $57,406 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mount Morris Township. Darker towns draw more of Mount Morris’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: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Morris?
$48,794 (±$7,673) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Morris?
22.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Morris?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Morris work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Flint (10%, 6 mi), Flint Township (7%, 8 mi), Burton (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Mount Morris walkable?
Mount Morris is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Morris without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Morris, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Morris
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.