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Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. Where it falls short is incomes: the median household income is $57K, and 13% of residents live below the poverty line. Mount Morris grades C+ overall and ranks 469th of 745 in New York. It comes out better than two fifths of U.S. towns. Schools are weaker too: its schools rank behind 80% of the state's. Its standout strength is cost of living — a typical home costs about $101K, 1.3 years of the Rochester metro’s $76K median household income. Walkability is a strength too (A−): it is more walkable than just over four fifths of U.S. towns. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 97% of U.S. towns, with 12 places on the National Register.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results.
Where Mount Morris beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,002 in 1820, 4,465 in 2010. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1893 and a map from 1905 on.
12 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Mount Morris is from typical.
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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 Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Mount Morris.
Mount Morris is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has added a third more jobs in ten years, but it trails Groveland and its other neighbors on schools.
Count the trails in 3 parks and preserves and they come to 33 miles. Genesee Valley Greenway State Park, at 174 acres with 4.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Mount Morris’ trail network density stands at 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Genesee Valley Greenway State Park | 4.1 mi | 174 |
| 2. Sonyea State Forest | 0.6 mi | 128 |
| 3. Bellamy Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Each of its 5 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than that grade, Groveland highest at B.
Its two schools are below. Public schools: the Mount Morris Central School District. 2 public schools serve Mount Morris, with 533 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Morris Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 295 | C− |
| Mount Morris Middle/Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 238 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 881 in 2013 to 1,160.
Mount Morris’ median household income stands at $57,000, where New York’s towns sit at $82,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. For most workers, Mount Morris is a place to come home to: only 11% work in town. In Mount Morris, the mean commuting time is 28 minutes. It had 1,160 jobs in 2023, up 279 from 2013.
| Mount Morris | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $57,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mount Morris’ typical July afternoon high comes in at 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 7,949 U.S. towns with household incomes like Mount Morris’s, it is healthier than 83%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in Mount Morris, 20% have been diagnosed with depression. In Mount Morris, 27% of adults get no exercise outside work, above both New York’s towns (25%) and U.S. towns (25%).
| Mount Morris | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Mount Morris | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.5% | 6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 7.7% |
| More adults with arthritis | 31.2% | 24% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1989, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mount Morris. FEMA puts 82% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Mount Morris after 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2014.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Morris
About 1 of every 100 Mount Morris residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Mount Morris’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
12 places in Mount Morris on the National Register of Historic Places.
12 notable people were born in Mount Morris.
Town in New York, United States
Mount Morris is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 4,465 at the 2010 census. The town and village were named after Robert Morris, an 18th-century slave trader and Founding Father of the United States. The town of Mount Morris has a village also called Mount Morris. The town is on the western border of the county and is home to part of Letchworth State Park.
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7 towns share a border with Mount Morris.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Morris | #469 | C+ | A− | — | C− | B− |
| Leicester | — | — | A | — | B− | B |
| Castile | #511 | C | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Groveland | — | — | C+ | — | B | B |
| Mount Morris | #571 | C | A− | — | D | C+ |
| Portage | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nunda | #473 | C+ | A− | — | C | B− |
| West Sparta | — | — | A | — | C | B− |
Leicester, Groveland and West Sparta have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Mount Morris, Leicester, Castile, Groveland, Mount Morris, Nunda and West Sparta report no FBI crime data of their own. Portage isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mount Morris with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Mount Morris grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #469 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health and C− for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a C−.
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−.
12 notable people were born here, including Francis Bellamy and James M. Mead.
