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Morton, MS

3,690 Population
8.9 square miles 415.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,003 ±$16,282 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $33,087 ±$694
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $29,209 ±$294
$29,900 ±$9,863 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $60,085 ±$1,177
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $52,985 ±$527

32.2% ±12.3% (1,134  ±434) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 16.5% 93,601 (±0.7% / ±3,977)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 548,804 (±0.3% / ±8,778)

34.4 minutes ±13.6 (39,110  ±16,893) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25.1 6,149,205 (±0.4 / ±125,368)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)

Families

1,004 ±149 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 224,729 ±1,375
  • Mississippi: 1,121,269 ±4,612
3.5 ±0.5 (3,523  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 567,197 (±0 / ±468)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 2.6 2,864,355

3.5% ±6.2% (29  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5% 7,136 (±0.5% / ±648)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 5.5% 38,301 (±0.3% / ±1,800)

Housing

1,231 ±173 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 257,891 ±175
  • Mississippi: 1,324,992 ±359

$82,600 ±$16,362 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $176,500 ±$3,252
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $151,000 ±$1,427

8% ±4.9% (292  ±,179.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 12.1% 70,975 (±0.6% / ±3,576.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 11.7% 341,664 (±0.3% / ±7,788.3)

Social

75% ±14.5% (1,585  ±,333.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.5% 350,680 (±1.3% / ±4,951.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.2% 1,697,223 (±0.6% / ±11,026.6)
4% ±3% (84  ±64.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 32.6% 128,947 (±0.8% / ±3,007.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 23.9% 470,071 (±0.3% / ±5,804.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.7% ±4.7% (210  ±173) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.3% 13,829
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.3% 68,257

2.9% ±2.6% (66  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 6% 26,942 (±0.3% / ±1,388)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 155,583 (±0.1% / ±3,073)
66 Total veterans ±60 62 Male ±60 4 Female ±9

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