Morristown is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 18,544 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Morristown is the 107th largest community in New Jersey.

Morristown is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Morristown is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Morristown who work in management occupations (13.14%), office and administrative support jobs (11.45%), and sales jobs (9.20%).

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

Morristown, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Morristown is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Even though Morristown is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation - mostly the train - for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

Morristown Information and Demographics

The citizens of Morristown are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.26% of adults in Morristown have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Morristown in 2000 was $30,086, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,344 for a family of four.

Morristown is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Morristown home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Morristown is White, followed by African-American. Morristown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.11% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Morristown include Irish, Italian, German, and English.

Morristown also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 32.44%.

The most common language spoken in Morristown is English. Some people also speak Spanish.