Morton is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 17,334 people and four associated neighborhoods, Morton is the 149th largest community in Illinois.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Morton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Morton is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Morton who work in office and administrative support (13.98%), healthcare (11.38%), and management occupations (11.14%). Also of interest is that Morton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.11% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Morton is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Morton ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Morton, 40.55% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Morton in 2022 was $44,181, which is wealthy relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $176,724 for a family of four. However, Morton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Morton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Morton include German, English, Irish, European, and French. The most common language spoken in Morton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
