Morris Village Historic District · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMorris has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Morris grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. There are 325 jobs in Morris, and 658 of its residents work somewhere. Only 6% work in Morris; the top destination outside it is New York City (7%, 147 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Morris and work: the main findings
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 Morris are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York 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 658 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Morris’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Morris is better than 33% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Morris’ grade up ($76,056, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Morris could be anywhere from D to B+.
Morris’ commute, mile by mile
About 31% 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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Morris
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morris workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 772 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Morris on a workday afternoon
On a workday 616 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 283 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Morris on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Where Morris goes to work
Where Morris clocks in
7% 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.
Morris is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morris, 2014 → 2024: 310 → 325. 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 Morris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Morris start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morris is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Morris near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 937 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). 6.4% of Morris households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Morris’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Morris is 3,248th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,246 | Baldwin ME | 1,660 | $68K | 6.4% | 5.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,247 | Boardman Township MI | 1,537 | $84K | 10.7% | 4.7% | 2% | C |
| 3,248 | Morris NY | 1,720 | $76K | 11.0% | 4.6% | 6% | C |
| 3,249 | Florence Township OH | 1,925 | $75K | 13.4% | 3.0% | 9% | C |
| 3,250 | Ardmore IN | 1,810 | $47K | 14.6% | 3.7% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Morris, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Morris and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morris workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris | – | C | C− | 26 min | $76,056 |
| New Berlin | under 4% | D | C− | 20 min | $62,159 |
| Butternuts | 6% | B− | C | 31 min | $90,313 |
| Laurens | under 4% | C− | C | 26 min | $72,404 |
| Pittsfield | under 4% | D | D− | 24 min | $66,917 |
| New Lisbon | under 4% | C+ | C | 29 min | $84,750 |
| Otego | under 4% | C− | C+ | 22 min | $77,553 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Butternuts. Darker towns draw more of 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 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 Morris: questions
What is the median household income in Morris?
$76,056 (±$11,449) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morris?
11.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morris?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morris work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (7%, 147 mi), Oneonta (6%, 12 mi), Oneonta (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Morris walkable?
Morris is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morris without a car?
1% 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 Morris, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morris
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.