Morrow is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 6,426 people and six associated neighborhoods, Morrow is the 130th largest community in Georgia.Morrow is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Morrow is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Morrow who work in office and administrative support (12.36%), personal care services (10.32%), and sales jobs (7.55%). Also of interest is that Morrow 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: 8.58% 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.Because there are quite a few people attending college in Morrow, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Morrow provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities. One downside of living in Morrow, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.95 minutes every day commuting to work. The percentage of adults in Morrow who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.66% of the adults in Morrow have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Morrow in 2022 was $20,510, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,040 for a family of four. However, Morrow contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Morrow is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Morrow home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morrow residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by Asian. Morrow also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.37% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Morrow include English, Irish, German, African, and Haitian. Morrow also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 28.05%. The most common language spoken in Morrow is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
