County · New Jersey

Morris County, New Jersey

Morris County, New Jersey has a quality-of-life score of 96 out of 100 (very high), ranking #114 of 3,143 US counties. Within New Jersey it ranks #1 of 21 counties. It ranks best on premature death (low), poor or fair health (low) and adult obesity (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), cost of buying a home today (high) and average commute time (high).

96Very high

Quality-of-life score: #114 of 3,143 counties
New Jersey: #1 of 21 in NJ
Population: 524,251 (2025)
Land area: 461 mi²
Density: 1,137.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 34027

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety100#4/3,096
Economy95#154/3,143
Housing14#2,709/3,140
Health100#1/3,144
Healthcare99#43/3,143
Environment43#1,772/3,108
Education100#6/3,144
Infrastructure96#130/3,144
Community93#220/3,144
Leisure & amenities85#471/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Morris County, New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Premature death · low3,732 /100k
100/100New Jersey 6,017 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Poor or fair health · low11.8%
100/100New Jersey 15.8%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Adult obesity · low22.6%
100/100New Jersey 29.7%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Firearm deaths · low3.3 /100k
100/100New Jersey 4.0 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Injury deaths · low45 /100k
100/100New Jersey 65 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Median household income · high$137,213
100/100New Jersey $104,202United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high1.84%
2/100New Jersey 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Cost of buying a home today · high41.4%
9/100New Jersey 44.9%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Average commute time · high29.8 min
14/100New Jersey 30.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Home price to income ratio · high4.2×
15/100New Jersey 4.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Time spent in the emergency room · high186 min
16/100New Jersey 185 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Drought exposure · high70%
24/100New Jersey 61%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 70% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+70 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
3 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drug overdose deathsImproving
18.2 /100k (2021) → 6.2 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−66%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
29.9% (Dec 2021) → 41.4% (Aug 2026)
+12 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
4.2 /1k (2021) → 2.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−42%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Voter turnoutWorsening
85.2% (2020) → 77.0% (2024)
−8.2 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%

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 County, New Jersey improved on 13 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 16 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Commute−1.7 min31.5 min → 29.8 min
Overdose deaths−66%18.1 /100k → 6.2 /100k
Traffic deaths−23%5.3 /100k → 4.0 /100k
Bachelor's++3.7 points54.1% → 57.8%
Unemployment−3.1 points7.5% → 4.4%

Declined2

Transit use−2.2 points5.5% → 3.3%
Price / income+0.3×3.9× → 4.2×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Morris County, New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.4 /10k2020	5.5 /10k2025	+1.9%	Within the margin of error	43%
Average commute time	31.5 min2015-2019	29.8 min2020-2024	−1.7 min	Improved	86%
Average weekly wage	$1,8602020	$2,0012025	+7.6%	Improved	1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.1%2015-2019	57.8%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	68%
Broadband subscriptions	91.4%2015-2019	95.2%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Improved	5%
Child poverty rate	5.4%2019	4.3%2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Distance to an airport	22 mi2020	22 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	3%
Drug overdose deaths	18.1 /100k2020	6.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−66%	Improved	89%
Effective property tax rate	2.01%2015-2019	1.84%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	67%
Firearm deaths	2.4 /100k2020	3.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+38%	Within the margin of error	11%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−11%	Within the margin of error	26%
Gyms and fitness centers	2.7 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	−7.2%	Within the margin of error	29%
High school diploma or higher	94.5%2015-2019	94.9%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	4.2×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	61%
Homicide rate	1.3 /100k2020	1.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−15%	Within the margin of error	36%
Income adjusted for local prices	$84,2252019	$106,3522024	+26%	Improved	18%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4592015-2019	0.4582020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$116,3282019	$137,2132024	+18%	Improved	17%
New business applications	12.6 /1k2020	15.0 /1k2025	+19%	Improved	21%
Pharmacies	2.6 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−5.3%	Within the margin of error	49%
Poverty rate	5.3%2019	4.7%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Property crime rate	606 /100k2020	519 /100k2025	−14%	Improved	20%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.7 /10k2024	−5.7%	Within the margin of error	22%
Public transit commuters	5.5%2015-2019	3.3%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Declined	8%
Rent as share of income	27.2%2015-2019	28.0%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Rent-burdened households	43.0%2015-2019	45.2%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Restaurants and bars	10.1 /10k2020	9.8 /10k2025	−3.4%	Within the margin of error	39%
Students per teacher	11.4×2019	10.8×2024	−0.6×	Improved	47%
Suicide rate	8.1 /100k2020	8.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.9%	Within the margin of error	35%
Traffic deaths	5.3 /100k2015-2019	4.0 /100k2020-2024	−23%	Improved	81%
Unemployment rate	7.5%2020	4.4%2025	−3.1 points	Improved	64%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.7%2019	5.8%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Violent crime rate	40 /100k2020	33 /100k2025	−17%	Improved	51%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Morris County, New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Morris County, New Jersey 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 County, New Jersey itself moved +0.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

514,528 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

193,245 households (±705)

Morris County, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k6.9%13,359
$25k–50k8.7%16,773
$50k–75k10%19,468

Homes

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

Owners and renters

193,245 households (±705)

Morris County, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own74%143,562
Rent26%49,683

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

268,168 workers (±2,474)

Morris County, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone66%177,782
Carpool5.6%15,093
Public transit3.3%8,756

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

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.

Morris County has 16,518 employer establishments, 320 for every 10,000 residents (1.29× the US rate of 248; 1.26× New Jersey's), with 301,249 paid employees at an average annual pay of $98,917. The Census Bureau also counts 52,973 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 16,518; 52,973 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 320; US 248 · New Jersey 253
Paid employees: 301,249
Average annual pay: $98,917; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	1,376	26.6	1.28×More than typical	16,926	$92,226	2,934
Restaurants and other eating places	1,142	22.1	1.20×About typical	16,094	$27,250	234
Specialty trade contractors	1,075	20.8	1.34×More than typical	9,600	$89,396	2,498
Services to buildings and dwellings	742	14.4	2.13×More than typical	8,913	$40,750	1,944
Lessors of real estate	622	12	0.98×About typical	4,234	$123,247	7,829
Construction of buildings	526	10.2	1.35×More than typical	2,390	$78,648	1,179
Full-service restaurants	517	10	1.30×More than typical	8,976	$30,772	96
Management, scientific and technical consulting	512	9.9	1.48×More than typical	7,866	$157,754	3,264
Building equipment contractors	509	9.8	1.64×More than typical	4,821	$87,965	535
Personal care services	484	9.4	1.96×More than typical	2,942	$27,386	793
Landscaping services	481	9.3	2.66×More than typical	2,587	$60,749	526
Computer systems design and related services	467	9	2.09×More than typical	4,373	$111,965	1,047

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 516,902 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $705.1M on contracts performed in Morris County, New Jersey: $1,345 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $705.1M; −32% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,345; US $1,994
Sole-source: 20%; US 30%
Single offer: 57%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$226M32%
Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$156.6M22%
Department of the Air Force$116.1M16%
Department of the Army$70.3M10.0%
Department of the Navy$36.7M5.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs$31.6M4.5%
Federal Acquisition Service$29.6M4.2%
Social Security Administration$8.9M1.3%

Top recipients

SHIONOGI INC$156.1M22%
TRIMAN INDUSTRIES INC$145.3M21%
LEIDOS, INC.$80.7M11%
RUTA SUPPLIES INC$35.8M5.1%
TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC.$25.9M3.7%

Spending by fiscal year

491.7MFY2017
568.6MFY2018
719.6MFY2019
612.2MFY2020
580.2MFY2021
570.4MFY2022
683.8MFY2023
968.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$291.8M41%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$53M7.5%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$45M6.4%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$42.5M6.0%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$22.7M3.2%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344

Largest awards

LATE-STAGE DEVELOPMENT, FDA MARKETING AUTHORIZATION, PROCUREMENT, AND STOCKPILE OF ANTIBIOTICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DRUG-RESISTANT SECONDARY BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND/OR THE TREATMENT OR PEP OF INFECTIONS CAUSED BY BIOTHREAT PATHOGENS.$156.1M
SHIONOGI INC· Morris County, NJ· Research & development· Apr 6, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026· 75A50126C00004
SEE SECTION J, ATTACHMENT 1, P1-23-2490 PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS) CRITICAL MINERALS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION AND SUSTAINMENT.$145.5M
LEIDOS, INC.· Morris County, NJ· Research & development· May 31, 2024 – Jun 12, 2026· FA807524F0016
OPERATIONAL AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT TO ARMY MATERIAL COMMAND$145M
SMS DATA PRODUCTS GROUP INC· Morris County, NJ· Professional services· Aug 26, 2019 – Mar 24, 2026

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.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Morris County, New Jersey: $5,628 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $3B; −4.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,628; US $12,955
Loan face value: $1.8B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.3B78%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$142.5M4.8%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$136M4.6%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$90.9M3.1%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$72.9M2.5%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$30.5M1.0%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$30.1M1.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$27.4M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION, NEW JERSEY DEPT OF$120.4M4.1%
TRENTON, NJ
TOWN OF MORRISTOWN$12.8M0.4%
MORRISTOWN, NJ
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF MORRIS$12.1M0.4%
MORRISTOWN, NJ
MORRISTOWN HOUSING AUTHORITY$8M0.3%
MORRISTOWN, NJ
ZUFALL HEALTH CENTER, INC.$7M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.6B89%
Federal Highway Administration$120.4M4.1%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$109.2M3.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$32M1.1%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

2.4BFY2021
2.5BFY2022
2.6BFY2023
2.8BFY2024
3.1BFY2025
3BFY2026

County aggregates

93%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Morris County, New Jersey compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Morris County, New Jersey
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morris County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
FY2017	$995	$1,436
FY2018	$1,153	$1,552
FY2019	$1,464	$1,654
FY2020	$1,205	$1,880
FY2021	$1,137	$1,810
FY2022	$1,114	$1,917
FY2023	$1,323	$2,079
FY2024	$1,858	$2,047
FY2025	$1,966	$2,165
FY2026	$1,345 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morris County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
FY2017	$24.38	$93.28
FY2018	$40.23	$105
FY2019	$110	$128
FY2020	$57.37	$145
FY2021	$53.25	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morris County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$1,414	$5,748
FY2022	$1,644	$5,221
FY2023	$1,660	$5,364
FY2024	$2,097	$5,501
FY2025	$2,355	$5,732
FY2026	$1,645

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morris County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$105	$298
FY2022	$173	$357
FY2023	$521	$301
FY2024	$113	$319
FY2025	$333	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morris County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$80.76	$239
FY2022	$81.13	$185
FY2023	$102	$229
FY2024	$99.03	$229
FY2025	$87.47	$249
FY2026	$82.85

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morris County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$52.85	$2,304
FY2022	$25.71	$2,197
FY2023	$33.64	$2,274
FY2024	$29.47	$2,267
FY2025	$24.92	$2,397
FY2026	$26.73

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Morris County, New Jersey and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
FY2021	$1,659	$1,186
FY2022	$634	$465
FY2023	$70.26	$76.52
FY2024	$94.86	$120
FY2025	$140	$148
FY2026	$135

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Morris County, New Jersey
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Morris County, New Jersey and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
2014	0.9%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Jumps not compared

FY2023, Transportation grants: one recipient accounted for most of the increase.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/34027

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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 County, New Jersey is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Metro area

The metro or micro area Morris County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ68Central county

Cities and towns in Morris County

Places whose residents live mostly in Morris County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
2014	−4.7%	−4.2%
2015	+0.3%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.4%	+3.3%
2018	+4.3%	+6.8%
2019	+8.8%	+10.5%
2020	+21.4%	+19.4%
2021	+21.0%	+26.1%
2022	+23.2%	+30.6%
2023	+24.9%	+35.0%
2024	+27.0%	+41.0%
2025	+30.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
2014	−6.8%	−5.5%
2015	−2.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+4.1%
2018	+6.5%	+8.9%
2019	+10.0%	+13.5%
2020	+12.4%	+20.8%
2021	+22.4%	+32.1%
2022	+23.7%	+35.4%
2023	+30.7%	+42.9%
2024	+36.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
2014	3.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	4.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.9/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
2014	−6.1%	−6.9%
2015	−4.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.8%	+4.7%
2018	+5.0%	+7.5%
2019	+8.7%	+14.0%
2020	+6.6%	+16.9%
2021	+14.5%	+21.0%
2022	+22.9%	+29.7%
2023	+25.5%	+34.9%
2024	+28.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
2014	−3.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−0.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+4.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+5.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+11.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+21.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+28.2% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+39.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+50.4% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+54.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
2014	5.0%	6.2%
2015	4.3%	5.3%
2016	3.8%	4.9%
2017	3.5%	4.4%
2018	3.1%	3.9%
2019	2.7%	3.7%
2020	7.5%	8.1%
2021	5.3%	5.4%
2022	3.2%	3.7%
2023	3.5%	3.6%
2024	3.8%	4.0%
2025	4.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
2014	5.0%	15.5%
2015	5.3%	14.7%
2016	5.4%	14.0%
2017	4.9%	13.4%
2018	4.7%	13.1%
2019	5.3%	12.3%
2020	4.7%	11.9%
2021	5.6%	12.8%
2022	4.4%	12.6%
2023	4.8%	12.5%
2024	4.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
2015	−0.9% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.2% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.1% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+9.0% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+10.8% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+23.2% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+32.0% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+38.8% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+42.2% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+46.0% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
2014	8.1%	13.5%
2015	6.3%	10.9%
2016	5.6%	10.0%
2017	5.9%	10.2%
2018	5.2%	10.4%
2019	5.7%	10.8%
2020	5.6%	10.4%
2021	5.6%	10.2%
2022	5.3%	9.5%
2023	5.4%	9.5%
2024	5.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Morris County, New Jersey	United States
2014	10.4/1k	8.5/1k
2015	10.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	10.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	10.9/1k	9.8/1k
2018	11.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	12.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	12.6/1k	13.1/1k
2021	14.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	14.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	14.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	14.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	15.0/1k	16.6/1k

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