Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Morton is worth considering.
Being a small city, Morton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Morton ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.97% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Morton in 2022 was $27,003, which is upper middle income relative to Mississippi, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,012 for a family of four. However, Morton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Morton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.16% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Morton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 Black or African-American. Morton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.21% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Morton include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and African.
The most common language spoken in Morton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
