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.
One of the benefits of Morris is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.75 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.
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 2018 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.
