Photo: TulGuy · CC BY 4.0Households in Morris earn less than those in 76% of U.S. towns
Only 7% stay in Morris for work; outside it, Tulsa is the main destination (24%, 36 miles). Below the poverty line: 16.3% of residents, next to 15.3% across Oklahoma. For jobs and income Morris is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Morris and work: the main findings
Morris’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Morris is Tulsa, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (122) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Morris workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Oklahoma. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 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 502 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Morris’ grade explained
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Morris’ grade.
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Morris’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, Morris could be anywhere from D to C−.
The distance from Morris to work
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.
Commuting from Morris: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morris workers work from home, vs 9% across Oklahoma. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 529 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Oklahoma: 85% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Morris
On a workday 469 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 343 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.75 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Commuting out of Morris: the destinations
Where Morris clocks in
24% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
What the 376 jobs in Morris are
376 jobs are based in Morris.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morris, 2013 → 2023: 326 → 376. 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 Morris’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Morris is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 609 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). 2.0% of Morris households have no vehicle (Oklahoma 5.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morris’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Morris is 4,423rd of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Forest Park OK | 1,035 | $104K | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 734 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,286 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,421 | Coleman MI | 1,252 | $48K | 22.3% | 3.7% | 7% | D |
| 4,422 | Ontonagon MI | 1,264 | $50K | 10.4% | 3.6% | 36% | D |
| 4,423 | Morris OK | 1,340 | $59K | 16.3% | 4.3% | 7% | D |
| 4,424 | Gold Hill OR | 1,317 | $56K | 22.0% | 1.2% | 4% | D |
| 4,425 | Big Sandy TX | 1,339 | $41K | 29.4% | 15.1% | 7% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Morris, the top three, the last and three more from Oklahoma.
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 Morris: questions
What is the median household income in Morris?
$58,716 (±$1,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $65,039 across Oklahoma and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morris?
16.3%, against 15.3% across Oklahoma and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morris?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Oklahoma and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morris work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tulsa (24%, 36 mi), Okmulgee (9%, 5 mi), Broken Arrow (7%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morris walkable?
Morris is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morris without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morris, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morris
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.