Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Mount Morris Township earns a D, ranked 677th of 697 in Michigan, mostly because of health and safety. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 97% of the country. It reports more crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, including 226 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. What it does well: natural-hazard risk is low. Mount Morris Township’s violent crime rate is 11.6 per 1,000 residents, above both Michigan’s towns (1.9) and U.S. towns (1.6). Only 7 of Michigan’s 1,265 towns score lower on civic life. Mount Morris Township is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns.
Where Mount Morris Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Mount Morris Township’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 Township is from typical.
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 5 maps from 1919 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount Morris Township, 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 Township.
Mount Morris Township trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Michigan; it also reports violent crime at about twice the Michigan rate.
30% of adults worry about having enough food in Mount Morris Township. Mount Morris Township beats the Michigan average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 24. 43% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Mount Morris Township.
| Mount Morris Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 34% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mount Morris Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.5% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 8% | 8.9% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 17.3% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Three of its 16 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linden Charter AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 789 | C− |
| The New Standard AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 859 | D− |
| Marion D Crouse Instr CenterTop results in townGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 137 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Violent crime runs at 11.6 per 1,000 residents, about twice the Michigan rate; the Safety Grade counts each violent crime four times, so this weighs most on its D.
The property crime rate in Mount Morris Township is 17.3 per 1,000 residents. Mount Morris Township reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 94% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Homes are within reach (about $119K for the typical one, B for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 20 miles. At 1.9 years of the Flint metro’s $62K median household income, the typical home (about $119K) costs less against local pay than in 97% of Michigan towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living.
The typical Mount Morris Township home is worth about $119,000, up 5.8% in a year, 55% below the Michigan typical home. 67% of Mount Morris Township households own their home.
| Mount Morris Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 67% | 84% | 73% |
| Median rent | $932 a month | $1,047 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mount Morris Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Mount Morris Township for work: only 4% work in town. Mount Morris Township’s median household income is $47,000. The top destinations are Flint (15%), Flint Township (8%) and Burton (4%).
| Mount Morris Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $47,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 5% | 10% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
The Flint 7w weather station 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 Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83° and January nights drop to 16°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.1 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is D. Hamilton Field and Recreation Area, at 56 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. D. Hamilton Field and Recreation Area | — | 56 |
| 2. American Legion Fields | — | 37 |
| 3. Ronald F. Batterbee Memorial Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Morris Township. Close and well known come first.
37 mi MuseumUSS Edson
6 mi MuseumSloan Museum6 mi MuseumCrossroads Village (Michigan)
6 mi MuseumFlint Institute of Arts
6 mi MuseumRobert J. Whaley House
37 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 Township
About 4 of every 100 Mount Morris Township 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.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
7 towns share a border with Mount Morris Township.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Morris Township | #677 | D | B | D | C | D− |
| Flint | #691 | D− | B+ | D | D− | D− |
| Mount Morris | #681 | D | B | D | C− | D− |
| Beecher | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Flint Township | #694 | D− | C+ | D− | C | D |
| Vienna Township | #597 | C− | B− | — | C+ | C |
| Flushing Township | #416 | B− | C+ | A | B | B− |
| Genesee Township | #685 | D− | B | D | C | D− |
Vienna Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Beecher isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mount Morris Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Mount Morris Township grades D overall, better than 7% of U.S. towns and #677 of 697 in Michigan. It grades D− for health, D for safety and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
That is 1.9 years of the area's median household income ($62,281 across the Flint, MI metro area). 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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