Best PlacesMorristown, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morristown, 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.
Morristown ranks 32,013th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Property taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on big-city access.
The best neighborhoods in Morristown
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.
Morristown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morristown ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of towns
- Short commute20.4 minutes each way, better than 86% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 77% of towns
Where Morristown ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Morristown
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morristown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,283, 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 Morristown's effective rate of 2.19%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Morristown
Morristown 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 Morristown.
Who works in Morristown, and how
Work in Morristown centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Morristown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Morristown.
What the weather is like in Morristown, month by month
Morristown sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 24° | 16° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Morristown
The nearest airport, Chicago/Rockford International, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 61 miles away.
The best schools in and around Morristown
Schools across Morristown average a C−, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe Center Grade SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Arthur Froberg Elem SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thurgood Marshall SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Meridian Jr High SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Stillman Valley High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Roosevelt CenterF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morristown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morristown 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 Morristown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Morristown
Is Morristown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morristown ranks 32,013th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, short commutes, and fast internet, and lowest on property taxes and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morristown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,353. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $73,283 median income, cost of living beats 57% of towns.
Is Morristown safe?
Morristown is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $251 per resident a year.
Compare Morristown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morristown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morristown 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.
Morristown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morristown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morristown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morristown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morristown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morristown 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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