Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Morrisville draws 2,072 commuters a day, with 2.2 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Morrisville is better than 34% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (A). There are 2,251 jobs in Morrisville for 1,012 working residents. About one in five work in Morrisville itself; outside it, Morristown draws the most (35%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Morrisville, in brief
Morrisville is where the jobs are
Morrisville has 2,251 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,600 people are in town, 52% more than the 2,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Morrisville and Morristown trade workers both ways
Morristown is the top workplace for Morrisville residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Morrisville come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Morrisville residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 7% 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.
The figures behind Morrisville’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Morrisville’s grade up (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Morrisville could be anywhere from D to B.
Morrisville by day and by night
On a workday 833 residents head out to work and 179 work right here.
About 3,600 people are in Morrisville on a workday afternoon, 52% more 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 Morrisville’s workforce comes from
Where Morrisville clocks in
35% of workers
23% 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.
Morrisville’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Most jobs in Morrisville are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Morrisville, 2013 → 2023: 1,753 → 2,251. 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 Morrisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Morrisville takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Morrisville workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,340 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Morrisville
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,538 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 93% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 21% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% 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). 4.7% of Morrisville households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Morrisville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Morrisville is 3,035th among 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 736 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 775 | East Montpelier VT | 2,594 | $93K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 805 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,033 | Bridgman MI | 2,040 | $67K | 14.5% | 2.4% | 9% | C |
| 3,034 | Weimar TX | 2,197 | $48K | 8.1% | 3.0% | 20% | C |
| 3,035 | Morrisville VT | 2,404 | $68K | 17.8% | 2.8% | 18% | C |
| 3,036 | Theresa NY | 2,572 | $70K | 11.1% | 3.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,037 | Jackson Township OH | 2,101 | $60K | 18.1% | 8.0% | 9% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | 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 Morrisville, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
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 Morrisville: questions
What is the median household income in Morrisville?
$68,240 (±$14,536) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Morrisville?
17.8%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Morrisville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Morrisville work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morristown (35%, 3 mi), Stowe (23%, 8 mi), Hyde Park (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Morrisville walkable?
Morrisville is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Morrisville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 21% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Morrisville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Morrisville
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.