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SheetUT-MORGAN-UT · Morgan, UT 4,268 pop · income 85th pct · 3 tracts
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 Morgan
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Morgan on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Kaplan · lowest
36,578
Kaplan · lowest
36,578 median HH income
24.2% of the leader · rank #1
Plumas Lake · near
114,083
Plumas Lake · near
114,083 median HH income
75.5% of the leader · rank #2
Oviedo · near
114,092
Oviedo · near
114,092 median HH income
75.5% of the leader · rank #3
Morgan · this city
114,102
Morgan · this city
114,102 median HH income
75.5% of the leader · rank #4
Pantops · near
114,107
Pantops · near
114,107 median HH income
75.5% of the leader · rank #5
Blooming Glen · near
114,112
Blooming Glen · near
114,112 median HH income
75.5% of the leader · rank #6
Medford Lakes · highest
151,190
Medford Lakes · highest
151,190 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · 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 Morgan 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: 4,268.
Nationally, Morgan sits in the 85th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
85th
percentile, household income
82nd
percentile, home value
60th
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Morgan, UT
Morgan is a small town in Utah, home to 4,268 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Morgan brings in $114,102 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.3%. Morgan's housing stock carries a median value of $463,100, and the median resident age is 29.4 years. 32.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 66.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 47 residential building permits were authorized in Morgan (Rapid Growth), up 34% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 47.5°F with 17.1 inches of precipitation per year and 55.1 inches of snowfall.
Utah tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 98.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,313 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Utah run around $178, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 36.2 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Morgan'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 work and mobility to population change to comparison shortlist to climate and hazard context to schools and households to housing and income to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Morgan, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Morgan?
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 69.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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 +425 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +10.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 47 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Morgan?
Within Utah, the closest population matches are Wellsville (4,120 residents, $110,543 income); La Verkin (4,429 residents, $63,061 income); Maeser (4,533 residents, $77,873 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Saukville, WI (4,268 residents); Medford Lakes, NJ (4,267 residents); Rosedale, WA (4,267 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.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
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.
Climate and hazard context
What physical conditions frame life in Morgan?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 47.5°F, with 17.1 inches of precipitation and 55.1 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Utah is 36.2 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Mean temperature
47.5°F
Annual precipitation
17.1 in
FEMA risk index (state avg)
36.2
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
The NCES join finds 7 public schools within the city match. 32.9% 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 city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
7
Bachelor's degree+
32.9%
Poverty estimate
2.3%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Morgan?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.3%, 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.
Household income
$114,102
Home value
$463,100
Value / income
4.1×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
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.
Poverty rate A-
2.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income A-
$114,102
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C+
32.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living D
98.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Morgan profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 84/100 (A-) · 2.3%
Household income: 83/100 (A-) · $114,102
Bachelor's+ share: 63/100 (C+) · 32.9%
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
How does Morgan compare to other US cities?
Morgan measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income85% higher than other cities
Home value82% pricier than other cities
Median rent60% 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 Morgan against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Utah only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Utah-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Morgan near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Morgan ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Morgan only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#52 of 293
82nd percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Median Home Value
#103 of 301
66th percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#216 of 310
30th percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#131 of 310
58th percentile in Utah
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 Utah only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
85th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Morgan's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$463,10018th percentilemore affordable than 18% 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 · 2023
Morgan's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,867 of 15,516
More affordable than 30% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,472 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.1×, Morgan sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,867 of 15,516 and #8,472 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 ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$114,102Morgan, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Morgan, UT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Morgan, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)66.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,268
Median Income
$114,102
Median Home Value
$463,100
Median Age
29.4
Poverty Rate
2.3%
Labor force participation
66.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
32.9%
Climate
Avg Temperature
47.5°F
Annual Precipitation
17.1"
Annual Snowfall
55.1"
Schools
Total Schools
7
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Morgan's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,155 residents
2021
4,262 residents
2022
4,507 residents
2023
4,577 residents
2024
4,554 residents
2025
4,580 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Rapid Growth
Total Permits (2024)
47
housing units authorized
Single-Family
21
detached homes
Multifamily
26
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
11
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
35
35
0
$9.5M
2020
41
16
25
$9.4M
2021
112
57
55
$29.5M
2022
31
15
16
$7.5M
2023
31
5
26
$6.6M
2024
47
21
26
$12.3M
Permit volume increased 34% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
69.7%
Carpool
10.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.8%
Work from Home
14.3%
Other
2.7%
Based on 1,945 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Utah statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $178
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Utah at $178 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Utah statewide averages, not a meter reading for Morgan. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Utah's BEA cost-of-living index is 98.9 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Morgan is $1,313/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Utah statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 36.2 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Utah statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Morgan sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Morgan compares to similar-size Utah 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.