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Morton, MS

3,661 Population
8.9 square miles 411.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$28,199 ±$14,271 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $33,883 ±$632
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$38,889 ±$16,688 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $60,489 ±$1,100
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

29.8% ±14.9% (1,053  ±527) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 17.4% 103,026 (±0.7% / ±4,258)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

34.5 minutes ±17.2 (34,565  ±19,572) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25.1 6,324,715 (±0.5 / ±147,160)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

1,002 ±184 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 236,483 ±1,501
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
3.5 ±0.6 (3,516  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 591,502 (±0 / ±458)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,187 ±189 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 270,686 ±200
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$90,000 ±$26,873 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $188,500 ±$3,737
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

3% ±2.1% (109  ±75.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.6% 70,806 (±0.6% / ±3,348.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

75% ±17.5% (1,567  ±392) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.1% 363,603 (±1.2% / ±5,009.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
4.4% ±3.3% (92  ±69.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 31.6% 130,296 (±0.8% / ±3,198.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

6.3% ±3.9% (229  ±144) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.6% 16,091
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

4.5% ±3.9% (100  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 6% 28,011 (±0.3% / ±1,198)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
100 Total veterans ±88 100 Male ±88 N/A Female ±14

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