The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Morton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Morton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Morton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Morton has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.97% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Morton in 2018 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.
