Morris is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Morris enrolled in college, Morris has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Morris spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 12.75 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
In terms of college education, Morris is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.50% of adults in Morris have a college degree.
The per capita income in Morris in 2022 was $37,655, which is upper middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,620 for a family of four. However, Morris contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Morris is a somewhat 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. 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.
