Morrison Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
6 jobs are based in Morrison Township, and 65 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Morrison Township itself; outside it, Aitkin draws the most (17%, 9 miles). Home is the office for 24% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Morrison Township on a workday
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Morrison Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Morrison Township goes to work
Where Morrison Township clocks in
17% of workers
6% 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: 100% of the jobs in Morrison Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Morrison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morrison Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Morrison Township
About 42% 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.
Next door to Morrison Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morrison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrison Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $66,250 |
| Fleming Township | under 4% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Spencer Township | under 4% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Waukenabo Township | under 4% | — | — | 49 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fleming Township, Spencer Township and Waukenabo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Morrison 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 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 Morrison Township: questions
What is the median household income in Morrison Township?
$66,250 (±$60,920) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morrison Township?
12.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morrison Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morrison Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aitkin (17%, 9 mi), McGregor (6%, 16 mi), Shamrock Township (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Morrison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morrison Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morrison Township
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.