Photo: Photo by and ©2003 Homefryes · CC BY-SA 2.5Morgan Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
186 jobs are based in Morgan Township, against 844 working residents. Morgan Township grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
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
Fewer jobs are based in Morgan Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Morgan Township fell from 511 in 2013 to 186 in 2023, −64%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Morgan Township is a place people come home to
There are 186 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 1,700 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Morgan Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 77 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 844 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Morgan Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Morgan Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Morgan Township’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Morgan Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Jobs in Morgan Township: what the 186 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morgan Township, 2013 → 2023: 511 → 186. 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.
The daily commute in and out of Morgan Township
On a workday 814 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Morgan Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Morgan Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 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 1,117 commuters (the 5% 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.
7% of working residents work in Ashtabula
Where Morgan Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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 commute from Morgan Township, by distance
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.
Morgan Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morgan Township is more walkable than 36% 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 1,181 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). 3.3% of Morgan Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Morgan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Morgan Township is 2,428th of 5,552 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200 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 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,426 | Port Dickinson NY | 1,654 | $69K | 11.7% | 4.2% | 6% | B− |
| 2,427 | Three Oaks Township MI | 2,281 | $68K | 7.9% | 4.5% | 10% | B− |
| 2,428 | Morgan Township OH | 2,350 | $78K | 11.3% | 2.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,429 | Walnut Hill TN | 2,415 | $52K | 5.9% | 3.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,430 | Brownstown IN | 3,154 | $63K | 10.7% | 1.6% | 17% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | 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.
Next door to Morgan Township
The biggest share goes to Trumbull Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morgan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Township | – | B− | C+ | 33 min | $78,289 |
| Rome Township | under 3% | C | D | 34 min | $80,714 |
| Lenox Township | under 3% | D | D− | 27 min | $49,474 |
| Austinburg Township | under 3% | B− | B | 28 min | $80,750 |
| Trumbull Township | 3% | C− | D | 46 min | $55,781 |
| Roaming Shores | under 3% | B+ | D | 38 min | $91,078 |
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?
$78,289 (±$7,171) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morgan Township?
11.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morgan Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morgan Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashtabula (7%, 14 mi), Geneva (5%, 10 mi), Jefferson (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morgan Township walkable?
Morgan Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morgan Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% 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.