Because there are quite a few people attending college in Morris, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Morris provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 13.47 minutes getting to work every day.
The population of Morris is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.56% of adults in Morris have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Morris in 2022 was $37,720, which is middle income relative to Minnesota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,880 for a family of four. However, Morris contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Morris is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Morris home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morris residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Morris also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.59% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Morris include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Morris is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
