More people are out of work in Mount Morris (7.7%) than in 87% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Mount Morris for work; outside it, Mount Morris is the main destination (14%, 4 miles). Mount Morris grades D for jobs and income and A for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 11.9 in Rochester.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mount Morris: the figures worth knowing
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Mount Morris
Job access by car holds Mount Morris’ grade up (ahead of 34% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Morris could be anywhere from D− to B−.
From Mount Morris, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Morris workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,281 commuters (the 9% 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.
In and out of Mount Morris on a workday
On a workday 1,101 residents head out to work, 155 work right here, and 811 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Mount Morris on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 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.
The places Mount Morris commutes to
Where Mount Morris clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Mount Morris
966 jobs are based in Mount Morris.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Morris, 2013 → 2023: 798 → 966. 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 Mount Morris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Mount Morris goes to work
About 16% 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.
Mount Morris is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Morris is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns, #194 of 758 in New York. Both inputs place Mount 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 1,411 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 73% 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 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 67% 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). 13.2% of Mount Morris households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Morris’ commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Morris is 4,129th of 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Old Brookville NY | 2,098 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | East Williston NY | 2,616 | $215K | 2.3% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 11 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,127 | Rangely CO | 2,304 | $66K | 14.6% | 6.0% | 44% | D |
| 4,128 | Carlisle KY | 2,122 | $49K | 14.8% | 3.0% | 11% | D |
| 4,129 | Mount Morris NY | 2,857 | $51K | 13.3% | 7.7% | 12% | D |
| 4,130 | Reading Township IL | 2,049 | $54K | 16.6% | 2.3% | 13% | D |
| 4,131 | Wahneta FL | 3,876 | $47K | 24.2% | 7.3% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Mount Morris, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
Work in the towns next to Mount Morris
The biggest share goes to Leicester (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Morris workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Morris | – | D | A | 28 min | $51,125 |
| Leicester | 2% | B | D | 22 min | $80,349 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount 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 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 Mount Morris: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Morris?
$51,125 (±$15,832) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Morris?
13.3%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Morris?
28 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Morris work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Morris (14%, 4 mi), Rochester (9%, 34 mi), Geneseo (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Morris walkable?
Mount Morris is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Morris without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Morris, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Morris
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.