Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Mount Morris earns a D, 681st of 697 graded towns in Michigan, mostly because of health and safety. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 96% of the country. It reports more crime per resident than 95% of U.S. towns, including 22 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. In its favor, natural-hazard risk is low. Mount Morris’ violent crime rate is 7.1 per 1,000 residents, above both the Michigan town median (1.9) and the median of U.S. towns (1.6). Only 34 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on walkability. Mount Morris's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 89% of U.S. towns.
Where Mount Morris beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Mount Morris’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Mount Morris is from typical.
Its grades run from A for hazard risk (better than 92% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 4%), so the D overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 502 in 1880, a low of 351 in 1890, 3,170 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2017 and 4 maps from 1920 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount 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 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Mount Morris.
Mount Morris has homes that are cheap against local pay, has seen reported crime fall by a third or more and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Michigan.
25% of Mount Morris adults smoke cigarettes. Mount Morris beats the Michigan average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 24. 44% of Mount Morris adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Mount Morris | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Mount Morris | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7% | 8.9% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 30.5% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Mt. Morris Consolidated Schools. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Morris Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 297 | D |
| Mt Morris Education and Community CenterLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 68 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 143 to 96 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Mount Morris’ property crime rate is 24 per 1,000 residents. Mount Morris reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 95% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Mount Morris since 1981.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here fell from 1,476 in 2011 to 588.
Most working residents leave Mount Morris for work: only 3% work in town. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in Mount Morris. Since 2011, Mount Morris has lost 888 jobs, to 588 in 2021.
| Mount Morris | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $49,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
The Flint 7w weather station, 7 miles away, records that 40 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 79% of Michigan places with climate records.
Mount Morris has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83° and January nights drop to 16°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ronald F. Batterbee Memorial Park | — | 19 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 1.4 years of the Flint metro’s $62K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 99% of Michigan towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,223, against $2,904 across Michigan, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Morris. Close and well known come first.
35 mi MuseumUSS Edson
7 mi MuseumSloan Museum3 mi MuseumCrossroads Village (Michigan)
7 mi MuseumFlint Institute of Arts
7 mi MuseumRobert J. Whaley House
35 mi MuseumSaginaw Valley Naval Ship MuseumUSS Edson: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Sloan Museum: Amancour, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Flint Institute of Arts: Blueskiesfalling at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Robert J. Whaley House: kennethaw88, CC BY 4.0 · Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum: John McCullough, CC BY-SA 2.5
3 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Morris
About 2 of every 100 Mount Morris residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
City in Michigan, United States
Mount Morris is a city in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,170 at the 2020 census. The city is bordered by Mount Morris Township on the west and Genesee Township on the east. It was named after Mount Morris, New York, because many of the early settlers had come from there. It is part of the Flint metropolitan area.
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2 towns share a border with Mount Morris.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Morris | #681 | D | B | D | C− | D− |
| Mount Morris Township | #677 | D | B | D | C | D− |
| Genesee Township | #685 | D− | B | D | C | D− |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Mount Morris grades D overall, better than 6% of U.S. towns and #681 of 697 in Michigan. It grades D− for health, D for safety and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
The typical home is worth about $87,000, 67% below the Michigan typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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