Photo: Coemgenus · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Morton have lower incomes than those in 71% of U.S. towns
6.4% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. Jobs and income earn Morton B; getting around on foot earns it A+. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.7 in Philadelphia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Morton: the gist
Morton trades workers with the towns around it
Morton has about as many jobs (1,289) as working residents (1,393), but they are mostly different people: 1,336 residents leave for work each day while 1,232 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Morton are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Morton’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 33 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. Time on the road ↓
Most Morton residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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.
Where Morton’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Morton is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #530 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Morton’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,563, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Morton could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Who leaves Morton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,336 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 1,232 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.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How long Morton spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morton workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,089 commuters (the 21% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Morton
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.
25% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Morton clocks in
25% 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 kinds of work in Morton
1,289 jobs are based in Morton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morton, 2013 → 2023: 1,337 → 1,289. 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 Morton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Morton
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Morton is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #39 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Morton 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 1,376 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 49% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.5% of Morton households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 10% of Morton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Morton is 1,528th of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,526 | Southport IN | 2,094 | $71K | 11.0% | 3.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,527 | Lakin KS | 2,154 | $90K | 2.4% | 4.1% | 27% | B |
| 1,528 | Morton PA | 2,768 | $62K | 6.4% | 4.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,529 | Matamoras PA | 2,448 | $77K | 4.8% | 3.2% | 7% | B |
| 1,530 | Red Hill PA | 2,508 | $65K | 8.2% | 3.3% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Morton, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Morton
The biggest share goes to Springfield Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Morton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morton | – | B | A+ | 33 min | $61,563 |
| Springfield Township | 5% | A+ | A | 28 min | $138,205 |
| Ridley Township | 2% | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $92,835 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Morton’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 Morton: questions
What is the median household income in Morton?
$61,563 (±$16,035) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morton?
6.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morton?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (25%, 12 mi), Springfield Township (5%, 1 mi), Lower Merion Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morton walkable?
Morton is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 16.4 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morton without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 49% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morton
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.