Photo: 636Buster · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 8.0 jobs in Morgandale for every working resident, and 3,465 people commute in
Morgandale grades C+ for walkability. Employers in Morgandale report 3,484 jobs for 434 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, where Ohio as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Morgandale and work: the main findings
Morgandale fills up on a workday
Morgandale has 3,484 jobs, 8.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,200 people are in town, 4 times the 1,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Morgandale and Warren trade workers both ways
Warren is the top workplace for Morgandale residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Morgandale come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Morgandale makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Morgandale are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Morgandale residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
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 434 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Morgandale: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 415 residents head out to work and 19 work right here.
About 4,200 people are in Morgandale on a workday afternoon, 270% more than live here.
8.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Morgandale’s workforce comes from
Where Morgandale clocks in
21% of workers
8% 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.
Morgandale works in goods: 50% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morgandale, 2013 → 2023: 2,831 → 3,484. 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 Morgandale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 14 minutes to work from Morgandale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morgandale workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 493 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.
How far it is to work from Morgandale
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.
In Morgandale, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morgandale is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 493 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). 6.7% of Morgandale households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morgandale’s commuters take a bus or train.
The towns next door employ 21% of Morgandale
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morgandale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgandale | – | — | C+ | 14 min | — |
| Warren | 21% | D | B | 23 min | $37,887 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Warren. Darker towns draw more of Morgandale’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 Morgandale: questions
What is the poverty rate in Morgandale?
42.4%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morgandale?
14 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morgandale work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warren (21%, 2 mi), Youngstown (8%, 14 mi), Lordstown (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morgandale walkable?
Morgandale is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morgandale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morgandale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morgandale
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.