Living in Mount Morris, NY
Mount Morris is a small town of 3,146 people in Livingston County, New York. It's about 33 miles from Rochester, NY. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 53 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $91k and rent runs about $737 a month.
3,146people
$91kTypical home
$737/moRent
82° / 32°Summer / winter
53"Snow
182Sunny days
151Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,146
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,536 people per sq mi
- 33 mi to Rochester, NY
- 33 mi to Rochester, NY
- 24 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $91k (≈$575/mo)
- Median rent $737/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 3.8% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 58°F)
- 182 sunny days a year (45 totally clear)
- 183 cloudy days a year
- 64 of 90 winter days are gray
- 151 days a year with rain or snow
- 53" of snow a year
- 17 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 24 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (20 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (486 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 26% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 29 mi to ROC airport
- 29 mi to ROC (major hub)
- 33 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 64% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1946
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 637 ft
- 223 mi to the ocean
- 26 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 17 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 22 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 92 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 6 bars within 25 mi
- 15 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 14 museums within 25 mi
- 8 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 15% of New York districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 45 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 12 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Livingston County: R+21 in 2024
- New York: D+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk