Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety96#658/15,637
Economy57#6,775/15,631
Housing71#4,313/14,977
Health78#3,466/15,609
Healthcare43#8,941/15,650
Environment100#52/15,453
Education95#861/15,649
Infrastructure83#2,623/15,650
Community98#389/15,651
Leisure & amenities96#589/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Morris, Minnesota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Stevens County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Premature death · low3,396 /100k
100/100Minnesota 6,407 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHigh uncertaintyStevens County value
Mammography screening · high68.0%
100/100Minnesota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStevens County value
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Minnesota 13.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataStevens County value
Social associations · high22.6 /10k
99/100Minnesota 12.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStevens County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Minnesota 9.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataStevens County value
Average commute time · low13.1 min
99/100Minnesota 22.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low28.0%
5/100Minnesota 50.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStevens County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,113 /100k
7/100Minnesota 2,419 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStevens County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.513
8/100Minnesota 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Distance to an airport · high102 mi
9/100Minnesota 43 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauStevens County value
New business applications · low8.8 /1k
13/100Minnesota 12.7 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauStevens County value
Pharmacies · low1.0 /10k
15/100Minnesota 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsStevens County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
1.0 /1k (2021) → 21.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+2,147%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.9% (2015-2019) → 93.6% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
56.3% (2015-2019) → 47.5% (2020-2024)
−8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Average commute timeWorsening
9.5 min (2015-2019) → 13.1 min (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent as share of incomeImproving
36.4% (2015-2019) → 29.1% (2020-2024)
−7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$50,779 (2015-2019) → $67,727 (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Morris, Minnesota improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Broadband+12 points81.9% → 93.6%
Household income+33%$50,779 → $67,727

Declined1

Commute+3.6 min9.5 min → 13.1 min

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Morris, Minnesota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	9.5 min2015-2019	13.1 min2020-2024	+3.6 min	Declined	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%2015-2019	37.3%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Broadband subscriptions	81.9%2015-2019	93.6%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	68%
Effective property tax rate	1.11%2015-2019	0.98%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
High school diploma or higher	93.1%2015-2019	90.4%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	87%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4792015-2019	0.5132020-2024	+0.035	Within the margin of error	24%
Median household income	$50,7792015-2019	$67,7272020-2024	+33%	Improved	62%
Poverty rate	17.7%2015-2019	15.9%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Rent as share of income	36.4%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	−7.3 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Rent-burdened households	56.3%2015-2019	47.5%2020-2024	−8.8 points	Within the margin of error	80%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Morris, Minnesota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Morris, Minnesota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Morris, Minnesota itself moved +7.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,128 residents (±68)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59
40–49†
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 40–49 men (+3.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

5,128 residents (±68)

Morris, Minnesota
Minnesota share

White76%3,888
Black1.7%†86
Hispanic or Latino13%687

Education

2,938 residents (±122)

Morris, Minnesota
Minnesota share

No high school diploma9.6%†281
High school or GED20%596
Some college21%627

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,130 households (±96)

Morris, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $25k19%399
$25k–50k23%481
$50k–75k15%310
$75k–100k15%319
$100k–150k14%†291
$150k–200k5.4%†116
$200k or more10%†214

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−9.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,130 households (±96)

Morris, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Own50%1,060
Rent50%1,070

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−8.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,070 households (±139)

Morris, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $75032%†341
$750–1,00020%†219
$1,000–1,50039%†417

Home values

1,060 homes (±117)

Morris, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under $150k32%344
$150k–250k31%†325
$250k–400k27%†285

Age of homes

2,188 homes (±97)

Morris, Minnesota
Minnesota share

2010 or later13%†291
2000–20094.4%†96
1980–199919%422

Size of homes

2,188 homes (±97)

Morris, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Studio2.0%†44
1 bedroom19%408
2 bedrooms26%561

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,511 workers (±173)

Morris, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Drive alone68%1,700
Carpool13%†336
Public transit0.8%†21
Walk7.8%†197
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.1%†203
Other2.2%†54

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−10.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,308 workers (±180)

Morris, Minnesota
Minnesota share

Under 15 min71%1,639
15–29 min16%364
30–44 min9.4%†218

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Stevens County, the county holding most of Morris's residents.

Stevens County has 318 employer establishments, 321 for every 10,000 residents (1.29× the US rate of 248; 1.19× Minnesota's), with 4,051 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,012. The Census Bureau also counts 717 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 318; 717 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 321; US 248 · Minnesota 268
Paid employees: 4,051
Average annual pay: $60,012; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Stevens County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	22	22.2	1.43×More than typical	81	$103,716	34
Religious organizations	19	19.2	3.45×More than typical	71	$18,521	—
Ambulatory health care services	17	17.1	0.82×About typical	121	$44,669	11
Restaurants and other eating places	16	16.1	0.88×About typical	275	$16,927	—
Truck transportation	10	10.1	1.99×More than typical	37	$41,649	21
Automotive repair and maintenance	8	8.1	1.60×Too few to compare	13	$34,846	19
Building equipment contractors	8	8.1	1.34×Too few to compare	28	$59,179	4
Full-service restaurants	8	8.1	1.05×Too few to compare	124	$15,952	—
Heavy and civil engineering construction	8	8.1	7.03×Too few to compare	60	$195,533	5
Landscaping services	8	8.1	2.30×Too few to compare	20	$36,200	24
Services to buildings and dwellings	8	8.1	1.20×Too few to compare	20	$36,200	55
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	7	7.1	2.65×Too few to compare	16	$10,625	5

Rank places for an industry Open Stevens County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,921 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $16.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Morris, Minnesota: $3.17 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $16.3K; +33% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3.17; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Agricultural Research Service$13.5K83%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$2,71717%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

6.8KFY2017
5.1KFY2018
11.5KFY2019
10.7KFY2020
17.6KFY2021
69.1KFY2022
20.1KFY2023
11.9KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$8,51152%
Facilities support services · 5612$3,29520%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$8815.4%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$8375.1%
Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369$8004.9%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Morris, Minnesota, so they do not add up across cities.

Morris, Minnesota's figures are part of those of Stevens County, MN ($672.5K in FY2026), never added to them: 2.4% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Morris is mostly in Stevens County.

See federal money in Stevens County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Morris, Minnesota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michelle FischbachR-MN-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Stevens County100100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Stevens County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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