Listening Point · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0Morse Township has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 6% stay in Morse Township for work; outside it, Ely is the main destination (33%, 7 miles). 252 jobs are based in Morse Township for 447 working residents. The two grades for Morse Township are C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Morse Township
Morse Township and Ely trade workers both ways
Ely is the top workplace for Morse Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Morse Township come from (44% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Morse Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 447 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Morse Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Morse Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Morse Township’s grade up (5.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Morse Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Morse Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Out of Morse Township to work: where people go
Where Morse Township clocks in
33% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Where in the region Morse Township works
About 32% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A commute of about 16 minutes in Morse Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morse Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 395 commuters (the 19% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Morse Township
On a workday 420 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Morse Township on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 2024, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 40% of Morse Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morse Township, 2014 → 2024: 156 → 252. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morse Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Morse Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morse Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 485 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.8% of Morse Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morse Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,732nd of 4,312: where Morse Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 26 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 28 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,730 | Charlack MO | 1,275 | $55K | 17.0% | 7.5% | 0% | C+ |
| 1,731 | Jackson Township IN | 1,497 | $74K | 7.0% | 4.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,732 | Morse Township MN | 1,178 | $81K | 5.7% | 0.0% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,733 | Bergen WI | 1,363 | $77K | 9.9% | 1.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,734 | Townsend WI | 1,084 | $88K | 6.8% | 0.0% | 9% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Morse Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Morse Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morse Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morse Township | – | C+ | C− | 16 min | $80,815 |
| Winton | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Fall Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Eagles Nest Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Winton, Fall Lake Township and Eagles Nest Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Morse 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 2024, 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 Morse Township: questions
What is the median household income in Morse Township?
$80,815 (±$9,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morse Township?
5.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morse Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morse Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ely (33%, 7 mi), Virginia (8%, 34 mi), Duluth (5%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Morse Township walkable?
Morse Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morse Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morse Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morse Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.