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Mount Morris, NY

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Overview


Mount Morris is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,877 people and just one neighborhood, Mount Morris is the 482nd largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Mount Morris was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Mount Morris is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Morris is a village of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Morris who work in office and administrative support (10.37%), management occupations (9.87%), and healthcare suport services (9.01%).

Setting & Lifestyle

As is often the case in a small village, Mount Morris doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Mount Morris with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.88% of adults in Mount Morris have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mount Morris in 2022 was $34,994, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,976 for a family of four. However, Mount Morris contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mount Morris is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Mount Morris home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Morris residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mount Morris also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.88% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Morris include Italian, German, English, Irish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Mount Morris is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

has the amazing distinction of housing more same sex couples living together than 98.2% of neighborhoods in the U.S. If you are seeking such a neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that this is one place that you should consider.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Austrian and Puerto Rican ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry and 10.1% have Puerto Rican ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 22.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Mount Morris are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 31.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.7%), and 19.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Mount Morris, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (17.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.2%), and residents who report English roots (10.9%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (10.1%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (5.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (81.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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