With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Morgan Township works elsewhere
Morgan Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. There are 198 jobs in Morgan Township; 729 of its residents have a job. For 1% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Morgan Township, in brief
Morgan Township is a place people come home to
There are 198 jobs based in Morgan Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Few Morgan Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Morgan Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 729 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 41% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Morgan Township’s grade up (6.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Morgan Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Morgan Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who works in Morgan Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 713 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Morgan Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
About 29 minutes each way for Morgan Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 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 728 commuters (the 1% 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 Portsmouth
Where Morgan Township clocks in
18% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
In Morgan Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morgan Township, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 198. 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Morgan Township
About 29% 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.
Getting around Morgan Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morgan Township is more walkable than 2% 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 736 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.
Morgan Township places 2,689th of 5,102 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,687 | Merrimac VA | 2,733 | $54K | 12.6% | 3.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,688 | Windemere Township MN | 1,667 | $86K | 7.8% | 4.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,689 | Morgan Township OH | 2,247 | $74K | 6.4% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,690 | Kenyon MN | 1,885 | $83K | 13.6% | 4.8% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,691 | Walworth WI | 2,759 | $70K | 18.1% | 4.3% | 14% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
Morgan Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Rush Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morgan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Township | – | C+ | D− | 29 min | $73,821 |
| Valley Township | 3% | C− | C | 26 min | $64,340 |
| Rarden Township | under 2% | D− | D− | 48 min | $36,786 |
| Brush Creek Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 47 min | $75,313 |
| Camp Creek Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 49 min | $79,464 |
| Rush Township | 5% | D | D− | 43 min | $55,925 |
| Lucasville | under 2% | C | C+ | 20 min | $64,044 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 median household income in Morgan Township?
$73,821 (±$23,251) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morgan Township?
6.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morgan Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morgan Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portsmouth (18%, 14 mi), Waverly (5%, 15 mi), Rush Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morgan Township walkable?
Morgan Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 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.