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Morley, MI

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Overview


Morley is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 519 people and just one neighborhood, Morley is the 562nd largest community in Michigan.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Morley, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 56.94% of Morley’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Morley is a village of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Morley who work in food service (5.56%), maintenance occupations (4.63%), and healthcare suport services (4.17%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Morley’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Morley has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Morley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Morley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Morley may be for you.

Morley is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Morley is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.54% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Morley in 2018 was $19,795, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,180 for a family of four. However, Morley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Morley also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.13% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Morley is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Morley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Morley include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Eastern European.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.5% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 2.7% have Eastern European ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Morley are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

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In the neighborhood, 43.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 21.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.5%), and 14.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish, Polish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Morley, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.9%), and residents who report English roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (7.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (5.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (10.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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