Best PlacesMorrowville, KS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morrowville, 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.
Morrowville ranks 35,050th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Morrowville
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.
Morrowville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morrowville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$467 a month, better than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 83% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Morrowville ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 18% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Morrowville
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morrowville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,999, 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 Morrowville's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 Morrowville
Morrowville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Morrowville.
Who works in Morrowville, and how
Work in Morrowville centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Morrowville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Morrowville.
What the weather is like in Morrowville, month by month
Morrowville sees roughly 112 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 27° | 19° |
| April | 68° | 53° | 41° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Morrowville
The nearest airport, Manhattan Regional, is about 57 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Morrowville
Schools across Morrowville average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Washington ElementaryC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Washington County High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morrowville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morrowville 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 Morrowville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Morrowville
Is Morrowville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morrowville ranks 35,050th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state infrastructure, and an educated workforce, and lowest on crime and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morrowville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $102,694. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $67,999 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Morrowville safe?
Morrowville is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $892 per resident a year.
Compare Morrowville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morrowville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morrowville 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.
Morrowville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morrowville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morrowville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morrowville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morrowville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morrowville 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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