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Demographics

People

Total Population	342
Male Share of the Population	55.3%
Female Share of the Population	44.7%
Senior Citizens	20.5%
Employed Population 16+	188
Age of the Population	50

Families

% of people married	46.6%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	17%
Median Earnings25+	$34,265
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$38,750
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$33,583

Wealth

Median Family Income	$62,500
% Above Poverty Level	93.2%
% Below Poverty Level	6.8%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	14 minutes
% Working from Home	9.6%
% Walking and Biking to Work	3.2%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	46.7%
Median Gross Rent	$584
Median House Value	$57,900

Ancestry

German	48.2%
Norwegian	18.7%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	9.1%
Irish	7.9%
Czech	3.5%
English	2.9%
Scottish	1.8%
French Except Basque	1.5%
Italian	1.5%
Swedish	0.9%
Dutch	0.6%
Canadian	0.6%
Finnish	0.3%
Austrian	0.3%
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Morton Almanac

Category	Value
County	Renville County
Standard Zip Codes	56270
Phone Area Codes	507
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	44.55
Approximate Longitude	-94.98

Morton Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	REDWOOD FALLS MUNICIPAL
Distance	4.9 miles
Jan Temp	4 to 22 F
Apr Temp	37 to 57 F
Jul Temp	63 to 84 F
Oct Temp	38 to 60 F
Annual Precip	26.6 inches

Station	SPRINGFIELD 1 NW
Distance	20.8 miles
Jan Temp	2 to 21 F
Apr Temp	33 to 56 F
Jul Temp	60 to 83 F
Oct Temp	36 to 60 F
Annual Precip	26.8 inches

Station	LAMBERTON SW EXP STN
Distance	26.5 miles
Jan Temp	2 to 22 F
Apr Temp	34 to 56 F
Jul Temp	61 to 83 F
Oct Temp	35 to 60 F
Annual Precip	26.2 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Bird Island	884	$80,536
Clements	123	$63,750
Fairfax	1,037	$65,872
Franklin	530	$51,250
Morgan	865	$55,625
Redwood Falls	5,004	$59,196

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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