Coal City vs Morris

A side-by-side comparison of Coal City and Morris: population, income, housing, and more.

Coal City and Morris are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morris has the higher population (14,775 vs 5,145 in Coal City). Coal City has the higher median household income ($73,030 vs $72,357 in Morris). Morris has the higher median home value ($244,400 vs $211,600 in Coal City).

Population, income & housing

	Coal City	Morris
Population	5,145	14,775
Median age	42.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,030	$72,357
Median home value	$211,600	$244,400
Median gross rent	$1,064	$1,141
Housing units	2,026	6,645
Homeownership rate	80.7%	56.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal City	Morris
Population	5,294 → 5,145 (-2.8%)	14,237 → 14,775 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$74,755 → $73,030 (-2.3%)	$63,562 → $72,357 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$197,100 → $211,600 (+7.4%)	$200,000 → $244,400 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,064 (+5.8%)	$973 → $1,141 (+17.3%)

Coal City

Population

5,2945,145

Median household income

$74,755$73,030

Median home value

$197,100$211,600

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,064

Morris

Population

14,23714,775

Median household income

$63,562$72,357

Median home value

$200,000$244,400

Median gross rent

$973$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal City	Morris
Under 5	3.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	15.0%	9.6%
75 and over	4.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal City	Morris
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal City	Morris
No high school diploma	10.4%	6.5%
High school graduate	35.5%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal City	Morris
Drove alone	80.9%	81.7%
Carpooled	1.8%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.2%	10.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal City	Morris
1-unit, detached	68.0%	56.4%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Coal City	Morris
Poverty rate	4.7%	7.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1984	1982