Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Morris Township have lower incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
17.5% of residents live below the poverty line, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%. The two grades for Morris Township are D for jobs and income and D for walkability. About one in ten stay in Morris Township for work; outside it, College Township is the main destination (7%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Morris Township in brief
Morris Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Morris Township pay little
27% of the jobs based in Morris Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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.
The figures behind Morris Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Morris Township is better than 5% of U.S. towns, #1,030 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Morris Township’s grade up (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (14.4%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Morris Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
From Morris Township, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morris Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 919 commuters (the 12% 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.
The kinds of work in Morris Township
453 jobs are based in Morris Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morris Township, 2013 → 2023: 411 → 453. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Morris Township
On a workday 920 residents head out to work, 98 work right here, and 355 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Morris Township on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.44 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 Township: the destinations
Where Morris Township clocks in
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.
Short hops and long hauls from Morris Township
About 23% 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 Morris Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morris Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #989 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,045 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). 4.8% of Morris Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morris Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Morris Township compares with U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,665 | Fowler NY | 2,147 | $50K | 16.2% | 4.7% | 9% | D |
| 4,666 | Washington Township OH | 2,283 | $57K | 23.2% | 10.4% | 2% | D |
| 4,667 | Morris Township PA | 2,731 | $45K | 17.5% | 14.4% | 10% | D |
| 4,668 | Union City IN | 3,450 | $39K | 31.2% | 7.1% | 17% | D |
| 4,669 | Federalsburg MD | 2,864 | $34K | 34.0% | 9.5% | 13% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Morris Township and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to Rush Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morris Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Township | – | D | D | 35 min | $45,357 |
| Rush Township | 5% | C+ | C− | 30 min | $75,732 |
| Graham Township | under 3% | C | D | 34 min | $77,917 |
| North Philipsburg | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Casanova | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Cooper Township | 3% | B | C | 35 min | $80,900 |
| Decatur Township | 4% | C+ | B | 25 min | $56,394 |
| Boggs Township | under 3% | D | C− | 32 min | $61,354 |
| West Decatur | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Philipsburg, Casanova and West Decatur: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Morris 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 Morris Township: questions
What is the median household income in Morris Township?
$45,357 (±$13,524) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morris Township?
17.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morris Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morris Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (7%, 22 mi), Lawrence Township (5%, 16 mi), Rush Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morris Township walkable?
Morris Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morris 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 Morris Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morris 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.