Best PlacesMorse, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morse, 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.
Morse ranks 28,757th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Morse
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.
Morse's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morse ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 90% of towns
- Short commute20.3 minutes each way, better than 87% of towns
Where Morse ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 12% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Morse
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morse home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,628, 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 Morse's effective rate of 1.23%, 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 Morse
Morse runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Morse.
Who works in Morse, and how
Work in Morse centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Morse
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Morse.
What the weather is like in Morse, month by month
Morse sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 25, with lows near 10. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25° | 17° | 10° |
| April | 50° | 39° | 29° |
| July | 81° | 68° | 56° |
| October | 57° | 47° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Morse
The nearest airport, Gogebic/Iron County, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 161 miles away.
The best schools in and around Morse
Schools across Morse average a B−, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hurley ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Hurley HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morse school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morse 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 Morse against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Morse
Is Morse a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morse ranks 28,757th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, tree cover, and clean air, and lowest on internet speeds and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morse expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $142,500. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $65,628 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Morse safe?
Morse is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $435 per resident a year.
Compare Morse with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morse. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morse 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.
Morse detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morse: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morse: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morse: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morse: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morse 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.