MorrisAL
A town of 2,360, settled in 1872.
Is Morris a good place to live?
The best of Morris’ subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for safety and health; the weakest is a D for walkability. Only 6 of Alabama’s 186 towns score higher on safety. Morris's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 96% of U.S. towns. Morris has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Morris stand out
Where Morris beats most towns.
Typical home value
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
| Widest gap | Morris | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 19.2% |
Morris has grown 25% since 2010
1,859 counted in 2010 and 2,259 in 2020; an estimated 2,360 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Morris grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Morris is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Legion Field and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Morris. Close and well known come first.
16 mi Stadium & arenaLegion Field
15 mi Stadium & arenaProtective Stadium
16 mi MuseumSloss Furnaces22 mi LakeLewis Smith Lake
15 mi Stadium & arenaLegacy Arena
15 mi Stadium & arenaBirmingham–Jefferson Convention ComplexPhoto credits
Legion Field: USGS, Public domain · Protective Stadium: Unknown, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sloss Furnaces: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Legacy Arena: AuburnShuffle, CC0 · Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Morris: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Morris, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Morris.
Less crime per resident in Morris than in 83% of U.S. towns
At 0.4 per 1,000 residents, Morris’ violent crime rate is below both Alabama’s towns (2.9) and U.S. towns (1.6). The property crime rate in Morris is 5.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Morris | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 2.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.3 per 1,000 residents | 16.9 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| William E Burkett MultiHandicapped CenterLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | – | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AL on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Alabama and the rest of the country, fewer of Morris’ adults sleep under 7 hours
32% of Morris adults sleep under 7 hours, below both the Alabama town median (40%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). 18% of Morris adults binge drink. Morris beats the Alabama average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Morris | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 40% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 39% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Morris | AL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 19.2% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.1% | 15.4% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.6% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Morris’ workers commute out
Most working residents leave Morris for work: only 2% work in town. Morris’ median household income is $102,000. Jobs based in Morris grew to 395 in 2023, 153 more than in 2013.
| Morris | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $102,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.7% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Morris faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Morris has mild winters and hot summers
Morris has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 33° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Alabama overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (38% statewide); people 65 and older are 12% of residents (18% statewide). 33% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Morris. Morris has grown 2.8% since 2020, to 2,360 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Morris | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 23% | 29% |
| Median age | 38 years | 39.2 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across Alabama, 51.4% of residents are women.
| Morris | AL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.4% | 11.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.5% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.3% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.8% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.7% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.8% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.3% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.3% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5% | 7.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.8% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.2% | 30.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.9% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.6% | 17.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.6% | 11.1% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
Homes in Morris are worth about $260K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Morris home is worth about $260,000, up 2% in a year, 9% above the Alabama typical home.
| Morris | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $797 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Morris Ballpark | — | 2 |
| 2. Morris Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Morris
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Morris
About 4 of every 100 Morris residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
98% of working residents leave Morris for work
Where Morris’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Morris
Town in Alabama, United States
Morris is a town in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is north of the Birmingham suburb of Gardendale. It initially incorporated on September 19, 1885. At some point after 1910, its incorporation lapsed and it failed to appear on the census rolls beginning in 1920 through to 1950. It reincorporated on July 11, 1950. As of the 2020 census, Morris had a population of 2,259. The town is named after Mary Hunter "Mae" Morris, an early female pioneer of the region.
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- Area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 417 ft
- ZIP code
- 35116
- Area code
- 205
Morris’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Morris.
Morris has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Morris with a neighbor →
Questions about Morris
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Morris, AL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.