Photo: Kathy from just livin' in a small town in SW PA, USA · CC BY 2.0Morgan Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Only 2% work in Morgan Township itself; outside it, Franklin Township draws the most (11%, 7 miles). 95 jobs are based in Morgan Township for 932 working residents. Morgan Township grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Morgan Township and work: the main findings
Where Morgan Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Morgan Township is better than 23% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Morgan Township’s grade.
Unemployment (4.2%) 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 leaves Morgan Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 913 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Morgan Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where Morgan Township goes to work
Where Morgan Township clocks in
11% 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.
A place that makes things: 76% of Morgan Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morgan Township, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 95. 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 long Morgan Township spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
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 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 741 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Morgan Township commutes less than 20 miles
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 13% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 828 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). 5.3% of Morgan Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morgan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000, Morgan Township comes 4,030th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 29 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | South Coventry Township PA | 2,822 | $158K | 0.9% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,028 | Towanda PA | 2,746 | $61K | 12.6% | 4.9% | 15% | C− |
| 4,029 | Athens Township MO | 2,173 | $49K | 16.8% | 2.0% | 27% | C− |
| 4,030 | Morgan Township PA | 2,187 | $65K | 15.8% | 4.2% | 2% | C− |
| 4,031 | Jarales NM | 2,144 | $56K | 9.5% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 4,032 | Abram TX | 1,741 | $59K | 34.3% | 6.3% | <1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | 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 Pennsylvania.
Morgan Township and its neighbors: 15% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morgan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Township | – | C− | D | 30 min | $65,000 |
| Jefferson Township | 4% | B− | C− | 30 min | $72,500 |
| Deemston | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| West Bethlehem Township | under 2% | B− | D | 28 min | $64,934 |
| East Bethlehem Township | under 2% | C | B | 30 min | $68,438 |
| Franklin Township | 11% | C+ | B− | 26 min | $68,482 |
| Clarksville | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Deemston, Clarksville and Washington Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Franklin Township. 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?
$65,000 (±$27,502) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morgan Township?
15.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morgan Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morgan Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Franklin Township (11%, 7 mi), Washington (5%, 17 mi), Waynesburg (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morgan Township walkable?
Morgan Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morgan Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% 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.