Morris Chapel has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Morris Chapel; the top destination outside it is Savannah (11%, 9 miles). 6 jobs are based in Morris Chapel, and 90 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Tennessee 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Morris Chapel
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Morris Chapel on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 people from Morris Chapel work
Where Morris Chapel clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Morris Chapel
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morris Chapel, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 6. 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 Chapel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Morris Chapel
of Morris Chapel workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 97 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% 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.
Miles to work from Morris Chapel
About 38% 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.
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 Chapel: questions
What is the poverty rate in Morris Chapel?
39.4%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Morris Chapel work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Savannah (11%, 9 mi), Adamsville (7%, 6 mi), Crump (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Morris Chapel 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 Morris Chapel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morris Chapel
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.