Morton is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 15,044 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Morton is the 153rd largest community in Illinois.

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Morton is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Morton is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Morton who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.00%), management occupations (11.10%), and sales jobs (10.61%).

Also of interest is that Morton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Morton is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

One of the benefits of Morton is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.40 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Morton is a very car-oriented village. This is because most people - 97.6% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Morton.

Being a small village, Morton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Morton Information and Demographics

The population of Morton is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.29% of adults in Morton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Morton in 2000 was $26,531, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,124 for a family of four.

The people who call Morton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Morton is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Morton include German, English, Irish, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Morton is English.