Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Morgan Township works elsewhere
Employers in Morgan Township report 63 jobs, against 532 working residents. The two grades for Morgan Township are D for jobs and income and D− for walkability. For 4% of workers, the job is at home (Ohio 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Morgan Township, in brief
Morgan Township is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Morgan Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Morgan Township has about 890 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Morgan Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 532 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Morgan Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Morgan Township is better than 6% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Morgan Township’s grade up ($62,000, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (27.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.4%) 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Morgan Township
On a workday 531 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Morgan Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Time on the road from Morgan Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morgan Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 355 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
17% of working residents work in Green Township
Where Morgan Township clocks in
17% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Morgan Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morgan Township, 2014 → 2024: 50 → 63. 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 Morgan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Morgan Township commutes
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Morgan Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morgan Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Morgan Township 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 370 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). 3.9% of Morgan Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morgan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Morgan Township is 4,818th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 27 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,816 | Louisville Township IL | 1,640 | $55K | 28.1% | 8.9% | 15% | D |
| 4,817 | Stafford Township KS | 1,072 | $44K | 14.2% | 3.1% | 19% | D |
| 4,818 | Morgan Township OH | 1,357 | $62K | 27.2% | 4.4% | <1% | D |
| 4,819 | Falcon Lake Estates TX | 1,075 | $66K | 33.0% | 3.3% | 8% | D |
| 4,820 | Carrier Mills IL | 1,595 | $51K | 25.4% | 6.0% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Morgan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work in the towns next to Morgan Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morgan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Township | – | D | D− | 25 min | $62,000 |
| Cheshire Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Springfield Township | 4% | C | D | 16 min | $61,563 |
| Huntington Township | under 2% | D | D | 33 min | $55,443 |
| Salem Township | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Rutland Township | under 2% | D | D− | 30 min | $39,706 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cheshire Township and Salem Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Springfield Township. 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 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 Morgan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Morgan Township?
$62,000 (±$27,311) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morgan Township?
27.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morgan Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morgan Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Township (17%, 12 mi), Gallipolis (12%, 12 mi), Springfield Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Morgan Township walkable?
Morgan Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morgan Township 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 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), 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.