Morgan Township’s household incomes are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 16.3% of residents; Missouri has 12.6%. For jobs and income Morgan Township is better than 8% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+). About one in three stay in Morgan Township for work; outside it, Princeton is the main destination (17%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Morgan Township: the gist
Morgan Township and Princeton trade workers both ways
Princeton is the top workplace for Morgan Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Morgan Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Morgan Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Morgan Township went from 432 in 2013 to 775 in 2023, +79%. The jobs ↓
Morgan Township makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in Morgan Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Morgan Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 551 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Morgan Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Morgan Township’s grade up ($59,038, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Morgan 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, Morgan Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
Where people from Morgan Township work
Where Morgan Township clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
52% of the jobs in Morgan Township make or build things
775 jobs are based in Morgan Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morgan Township, 2013 → 2023: 432 → 775. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Morgan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Morgan Township
On a workday 350 residents head out to work, 201 work right here, and 574 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Morgan Township on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Morgan Township: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morgan Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 606 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Morgan Township
About 33% 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.
The commute in Morgan Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.2% across Missouri, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 704 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). 5.8% of Morgan Township households have no vehicle (Missouri 6.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morgan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Morgan Township is 4,989th among 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 39 | Loch Lloyd MO | 1,090 | $184K | 2.5% | 0.5% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Lake Winnebago MO | 1,869 | $179K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | LaBarque Creek MO | 1,457 | $133K | 1.1% | 1.7% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,987 | Ritzville WA | 1,709 | $56K | 14.0% | 2.8% | 32% | D |
| 4,988 | Guilford ME | 1,285 | $53K | 14.9% | 3.5% | 24% | D |
| 4,989 | Morgan Township MO | 1,376 | $59K | 16.3% | 3.4% | 36% | D |
| 4,990 | Mahoning Township PA | 1,364 | $53K | 14.6% | 3.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,991 | Chrisman IL | 1,263 | $58K | 18.0% | 7.1% | 11% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Morgan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Missouri.
Morgan Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morgan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Township | – | D | C+ | 22 min | $59,038 |
| Ravanna Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Marion Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Lindley Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ravanna Township, Washington Township, Harrison Township, Marion Township and Lindley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Morgan 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 Morgan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Morgan Township?
$59,038 (±$14,281) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morgan Township?
16.3%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morgan Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morgan Township work?
36% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Princeton (17%, 3 mi), Trenton (8%, 24 mi), Kansas City (4%, 104 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morgan Township walkable?
Morgan Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morgan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morgan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morgan 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. 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.