Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Morris’ best subject grade is an A for health; its weakest is a C for walkability. 30% of the land in Morris is conserved, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. On history, just 11 of Connecticut’s 175 towns do worse. White Memorial Foundation, at 1,970 acres with 18.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Morris has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Morris beats most towns.
Where Morris’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far Morris is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 769 in 1860, a low of 481 in 1930, 2,256 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1906 and 5 maps from 1893 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Morris. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
35 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
29 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
19 mi LakeCandlewood Lake
28 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
39 mi Theme parkSix Flags New EnglandLake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Candlewood Lake: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain
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 Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Morris.
For adults 18 to 64 in Morris, the share who have no health insurance is 5.2%. Of 32 CDC measures, Morris beats the Connecticut average on 11 and trails it on 2. 31% of adults sleep under 7 hours locally, below both Connecticut’s towns (33%) and U.S. towns (36%).
| Morris | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 31% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 9.7% | 14% |
| What stands out | Morris | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.3% | 14.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 10% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its one school is below. Public schools: the Regional School District 20. Morris’ only public school teaches 116 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Morris SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 116 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
Morris’ trail density comes in at 1.7 miles per square mile. 32 miles of trail wind through 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. White Memorial Foundation | 18.5 mi | 1,970 |
| 2. Camp Columbia State Park | 1 mi | 71 |
| 3. No Mans Land Swamp | — | 44 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The average commute for Morris comes to 29 minutes. For most workers, Morris is a place to come home to: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Morris grew to 478 in 2023, 115 more than in 2013. Morris: 18% of workers work remotely from home.
| Morris | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $109,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Morris has grown 2.4% since 2020, to 2,300 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. People 65 and older are 29% of residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide). The midpoint age locally is 52.8 years. Connecticut has 43% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 42%.
| Morris | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52.8 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 45% | 29% |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.6 points. Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Morris | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.7% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.3% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.1% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.5% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.8% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.2% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.1% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 15.2% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.3% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.9% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.4% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.8% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.8% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.7% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 2.1% in value. Nearly nine in ten households own their home in Morris. For Morris, the midpoint rent is $1,204 a month.
| Morris | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,204 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Paid flood insurance claims in Morris since 2005: 7. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in the town than in just over half of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Morris break down as 67% from inland flooding and 19% from hurricanes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Morris
About 5 of every 100 Morris residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
Town in Connecticut, United States
Morris is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,256 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the Northwest Hills Planning Region. Europeans first began to settle the area that became Morris circa 1723. Originally part of the town of Litchfield, it was called the South Farms because of its location 5 miles (8 km) south of the center. Designated a separate Congregational parish in 1767 and incorporated as a town in 1859, it was named after native son James Morris, a Yale graduate, Revolutionary War officer, and founder of one of the first co-educational secondary schools in the nation. Morris lies in rolling hill country of woods, wetlands, fields and po…
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6 towns share a border with Morris.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris | — | — | C | — | — | A |
| Litchfield | — | — | C | — | — | A |
| Bethlehem | #74 | B+ | C− | — | B | A |
| Bethlehem Village | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Washington | #58 | B+ | C− | — | A | A |
| Watertown | #75 | B+ | C− | B | C+ | A |
| Thomaston | #30 | A− | C+ | A | B− | A |
Morris has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Morris, Litchfield, Bethlehem and Washington report no FBI crime data of their own. Litchfield and Bethlehem Village aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Morris with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 5.7 years of the area's median household income ($93,551 across the Torrington, CT area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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