Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,107.
Morris Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and schools; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Morris Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, where Ohio’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Richard and Ann Loveridge House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Morris Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Morris Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Morris Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2010 and 3 maps from 1915 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in 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 Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Morris Township.
0.8% of Morris Township working residents work locally, below both Ohio’s towns (6.9%) and U.S. towns (8%). Jobs based in Morris Township grew to 346 in 2023, 156 more than in 2013. Morris Township’s median household income is $99,000.
| Morris Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $99,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Morris Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 17% of adults smoke cigarettes in Morris Township.
| Morris Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 28% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Morris Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.9% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Morris Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Morris Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Morris Township
About 5 of every 100 Morris Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Morris Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,098 people in the township.
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7 towns share a border with Morris Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | C |
| Fredericktown | #259 | A− | A | — | A− | C |
| Mount Vernon | #272 | A− | B+ | A− | B+ | C+ |
| Monroe Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Berlin Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | C |
| Clinton Township | #614 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | C |
| Wayne Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pike Township | — | — | C− | — | B+ | C |
Morris Township, Monroe Township, Berlin Township and Pike Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Morris Township, Fredericktown, Monroe Township, Berlin Township, Clinton Township and Pike Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Wayne Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Morris Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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 B+.