Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Morgan Township works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Ohio as a whole has 13%. Morgan Township has 65 jobs, against 366 working residents. Getting around Morgan Township on foot earns D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Morgan Township
Morgan Township is a place people come home to
There are 65 jobs based in Morgan Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Morgan Township has about 820 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Morgan Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Morgan Township workers work from home
Only 0% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 366 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Morgan Township
On a workday 360 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Morgan Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Getting to work from Morgan Township takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 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 367 commuters (the 0% 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.
18% of working residents work in Mount Vernon
Where Morgan Township clocks in
11% 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.
66% of the jobs in Morgan Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morgan Township, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 65. 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.
How far it is to work from Morgan Township
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.
Few in Morgan Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morgan Township is more walkable than 3% 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 367 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). 0.0% 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.
Next door to Morgan Township
The biggest share goes to Miller Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morgan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Township | – | — | D− | 31 min | — |
| Clay Township | under 2% | B | B− | 21 min | $69,091 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | A | D | 23 min | $124,119 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 33 min | $82,857 |
| Miller Township | 3% | A | C− | 22 min | $135,245 |
| Burlington Township | under 2% | A | D− | 37 min | $140,584 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrison 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 poverty rate in Morgan Township?
17.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morgan Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morgan Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Vernon (18%, 8 mi), Newark (11%, 15 mi), Columbus (9%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morgan Township walkable?
Morgan Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 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 0% 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.