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Place dossier plate
SheetTN-MORRISON-TN ยท Morrison, TN 810 pop ยท income 4th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Morrison
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Morrison on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
McKee ยท lowest
20,608
McKee ยท lowest
20,608 median HH income
15.1% of the leader ยท rank #1
Sibley ยท near
34,219
Sibley ยท near
34,219 median HH income
25.1% of the leader ยท rank #2
Morrison ยท this city
34,236
Morrison ยท this city
34,236 median HH income
25.1% of the leader ยท rank #3
Koyuk ยท near
34,250
Koyuk ยท near
34,250 median HH income
25.1% of the leader ยท rank #4
English ยท near
34,250
English ยท near
34,250 median HH income
25.1% of the leader ยท rank #5
Aulander ยท near
34,250
Aulander ยท near
34,250 median HH income
25.1% of the leader ยท rank #6
Shueyville ยท highest
136,250
Shueyville ยท highest
136,250 median HH income
100.0% of the leader ยท rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Morrison on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 810.
Nationally, Morrison sits in the 4th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
4th
percentile, household income
30th
percentile, home value
34th
percentile, median rent
๐ How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Morrison, TN
810 people live in Morrison, Tennessee - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Morrison report a median income of $34,236 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 34.8%. Home values in Morrison run a median of $160,700, and the median resident age is 32.2 years. Educational attainment runs 10.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 56.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 0 residential building permits were authorized in Morrison (No Permits), per Census BPS data.
Living costs in Tennessee run below the national norm: the state registers 91.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,118 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Tennessee run around $218, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 52.5 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Morrison's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to comparison shortlist to population change to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Morrison, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for Morrison?
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 10.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Which cities make useful reference points for Morrison?
Within Tennessee, the closest population matches are Charleston (816 residents, $72,208 income); Summertown (793 residents, $82,695 income); Mooresburg (829 residents, $36,875 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Dorris, CA (810 residents); Inkom, ID (810 residents); Shueyville, IA (810 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Is Morrison growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +51 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +6.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Morrison?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 34.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Morrison?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 77.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
4.1%
Drive alone
77.1%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 319 workers age 16+.
Lowest-decile income ยท poverty 34.8% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
91.9 (US=100)
Affordable ยท BEA RPP 2024, Tennessee average
F
City profile score ยท Morrison, TN
21/100
4 published dimensions ยท ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B+
91.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 โ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
10.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$34,236
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop โฅ1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
34.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Morrison profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 78/100 (B+) ยท 91.9 index
Bachelor's+ share: 7/100 (F) ยท 10.1%
Household income: 0/100 (F) ยท $34,236
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) ยท 34.8%
How does Morrison compare to other US cities?
Morrison measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income4% higher than other cities
Home value30% pricier than other cities
Median rent34% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Morrison against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Tennessee only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Tennessee-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Morrison near the bottom of Tennessee's cities
Among the 482 Tennessee cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Morrison ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Morrison only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#434 of 458
5th percentile in Tennessee
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 482
0th percentile in Tennessee
Median Home Value
#274 of 455
40th percentile in Tennessee
Poverty Rate
#23 of 482
95th percentile in Tennessee
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#377 of 482
21st percentile in Tennessee
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Tennessee only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
4th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Morrison's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$160,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 70% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates ยท 2023
Morrison's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.7ร
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0โ5.0ร
National rank
#12,374 of 15,516
More affordable than 20% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,429 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.7ร, Morrison sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,374 of 15,516 and #9,429 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value รท median household income for cities with both fields and population โฅ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0โ5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$34,236Morrison, TN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Morrison, TN median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Morrison, TN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)10.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)34.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
810
Median Income
$34,236
Median Home Value
$160,700
Median Age
32.2
Poverty Rate
34.8%
Labor force participation
56.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
10.1%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020โ2025
Morrison's Census PEP population estimates, 2020โ2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
734 residents
2021
745 residents
2022
760 residents
2023
778 residents
2024
794 residents
2025
785 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
77.1%
Carpool
16.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.5%
Work from Home
4.1%
Based on 319 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Tennessee statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $218
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Tennessee at $218 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Tennessee statewide averages, not a meter reading for Morrison. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Tennessee's BEA cost-of-living index is 91.9 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Morrison is $1,118/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Tennessee statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 52.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Tennessee statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Morrison sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Morrison compares to similar-size Tennessee cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.