Most of Morrisville commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Morrisville itself; outside it, Bolivar draws the most (27%, 9 miles). Employers in Morrisville report 102 jobs; 215 of its residents have a job. A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, next to 24 for Missouri and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Morrisville in brief
Where Morrisville’s working residents head each day
Where Morrisville clocks in
27% of workers
22% 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.
How many people are in Morrisville by day
On a workday 215 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Morrisville on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Morrisville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morrisville, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 102. 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 Morrisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Morrisville: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morrisville workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 300 commuters (the 7% 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.
Half of Morrisville commutes less than 20 miles
About 22% 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.
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 Morrisville: questions
What is the median household income in Morrisville?
$60,625 (±$31,083) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $70,702 across Missouri and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morrisville?
15.4%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morrisville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morrisville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bolivar (27%, 9 mi), Springfield (22%, 21 mi), Kansas City (4%, 129 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Morrisville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morrisville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morrisville
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.