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Jobs & commute in New Morgan

New Morgan draws 306 commuters a day, with 14.6 jobs for every working resident

Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. 306 jobs are based in New Morgan, and 21 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in New Morgan for work; outside it, Shillington is the main destination (5%, 8 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

306 jobs based here
Poverty
4.0%
Pennsylvania 11.7%
Unemployment
0.0%
Pennsylvania 5.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
25 min
Pennsylvania 26 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 21 working residents
Work from home
7%
Pennsylvania 16% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

The daily commute in and out of New Morgan

On a workday 21 residents head out to work and none work right here.

21live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
306work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night46
Workday330
46live here− 21head out to work+ 310come in to work= 330on a workday

About 330 people are in New Morgan on a workday afternoon, 620% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
14.57jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the people who work in New Morgan live

ShillingtonElversonNew HollandNorthamptonCarbondalePottstown: 6 workers live here (2%)New MorganReading: 21 workers live here (7%)Philadelphia: 13 workers live here (4%)Earl TownshipEast Hempfield TownshipCumru Township: 8 workers live here (3%)Caernarvon TownshipHoney Brook Township: 7 workers live here (2%)Brecknock Township: 9 workers live here (3%)Robeson Township: 18 workers live here (6%)Exeter Township: 14 workers live here (5%)Brecknock Township: 7 workers live here (2%)Caernarvon Township: 11 workers live here (4%)ReadingRobeson TownshipExeter TownshipPhiladelphiaCaernarvon TownshipBrecknock TownshipNew Morgan
1
Reading10.4 mi away
7%21
2
Robeson Township3.6 mi away
6%18
3
Exeter Township9.3 mi away
5%14
4
Philadelphia42.4 mi away
4%13
5
Caernarvon Township1.9 mi away
4%11
6
Brecknock Township6.9 mi away
3%9
7
Cumru Township6.5 mi away
3%8
8
Honey Brook Township7 mi away
2%7
9
Brecknock Township4.5 mi away
2%7
10
Pottstown14.1 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
63%192
The top trips

Where New Morgan clocks in

5% of workers
8.5 mi awayShillington1 New Morgan residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
4.5 mi awayElverson1 New Morgan residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5%New Holland
5% of workers
11.8 mi awayNew Holland1 New Morgan residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

76% of the jobs in New Morgan pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in New MorganJobs New Morgan residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms25%29%
Trade, transport & utilities4%10%
Services: health, schools, offices70%62%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less11%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%38%
Over $3,333 a month76%52%

Who does it

29 or younger27%24%
30 to 5450%48%
55 and older23%29%
−7%

Jobs based in New Morgan, 2014 → 2024: 330 → 306. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Morgan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From New Morgan, about 25 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
192 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

New Morgan25 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of New Morgan workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How New Morgan gets to work
85%Drive alone
8%Carpool
8%Other

Share of the 26 commuters (the 7% 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.

How far

The commute from New Morgan, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miShillington: 5% · 8.5 miElverson: 5% · 4.5 miNew Holland: 5% · 11.8 miNorthampton: 5% · 40.7 miCarbondale: 5% · 97.6 miReading: 5% · 10.4 miPhiladelphia: 5% · 42.4 miEarl Township: 5% · 11.9 miEast Hempfield Township: 5% · 26.6 miCaernarvon Township: 5% · 4.5 miShillington 5%Elverson 5%New Holland 5%Northampton 5%Carbondale 5%New Morgan
New MorganTop destinations (size = commuters)
30%Under 10 mi6 residents
30%10–24 mi6 residents
35%25–50 mi7 residents
5%Over 50 mi1 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Around New Morgan: the bordering towns

Caernarvon Township: few work hereRobeson Township: few work hereCaernarvon TownshipRobeson TownshipNew Morgan
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

New Morgan25 min
Caernarvon Township30 min
Robeson Township38 min
Caernarvon Townshipunder 5% of New MorganRobeson Townshipunder 5% of New Morgan

Jobs & commute next door

TownNew Morgan workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
New Morgan–——25 min—
Caernarvon Townshipunder 5%——30 min—
Robeson Townshipunder 5%A−C38 min$93,009

Same-state neighbors only. Caernarvon Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of New Morgan’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in New Morgan: questions

What is the poverty rate in New Morgan?

4.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from New Morgan?

25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in New Morgan work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shillington (5%, 8 mi), Elverson (5%, 4 mi), New Holland (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around New Morgan without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from New Morgan, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of New Morgan

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.