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Morton, IL
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Morton profile


Living in Morton



Morton is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 17,334 people and four associated neighborhoods, Morton is the 149th largest community in Illinois.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.11% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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

The citizens of Morton are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.55% of adults in Morton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Morton in 2018 was $44,181, which is wealthy relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $176,724 for a family of four. However, Morton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Morton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Morton include German, English, Irish, European, and French.

The most common language spoken in Morton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.