Best PlacesMorrill, NE Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morrill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Morrill ranks 24,790th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Morrill
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Morrill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morrill ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of towns
- Short commute19.2 minutes each way, better than 90% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 136 pleasant days a year, better than 88% of towns
Where Morrill ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Morrill
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morrill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $56,569, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Morrill's effective rate of 1.33%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Morrill
Morrill runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Morrill.
Who works in Morrill, and how
Work in Morrill centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Morrill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Morrill.
What the weather is like in Morrill, month by month
Morrill sees roughly 136 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 27° | 15° |
| April | 65° | 46° | 30° |
| July | 94° | 74° | 58° |
| October | 68° | 48° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Morrill
The nearest airport, Scottsbluff/Western Nebraska Regional/Wm B Heilig Field, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 151 miles away.
The best schools in and around Morrill
Schools across Morrill average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Morrill ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Mitchell Secondary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Sioux County High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Morrill High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morrill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morrill measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Morrill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Morrill
Is Morrill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morrill ranks 24,790th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morrill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,131. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $56,569 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Morrill safe?
Morrill is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $330 per resident a year.
Compare Morrill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morrill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morrill represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Morrill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morrill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morrill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morrill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morrill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morrill detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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