Erie vs Morrison

A side-by-side comparison of Erie and Morrison: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morrison has the higher population (3,781 vs 1,658 in Erie). Erie has the higher median household income ($86,750 vs $67,580 in Morrison). Erie has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $117,300 in Morrison).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	Morrison
Population	1,658	3,781
Median age	42.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,750	$67,580
Median home value	$147,300	$117,300
Median gross rent	$740	$1,104
Housing units	785	1,594
Homeownership rate	71.6%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	Morrison
Population	1,496 → 1,658 (+10.8%)	3,776 → 3,781 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $86,750 (+20.7%)	$44,207 → $67,580 (+52.9%)
Median home value	$130,000 → $147,300 (+13.3%)	$95,600 → $117,300 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $740 (+22.3%)	$780 → $1,104 (+41.5%)

Erie

Population

1,4961,658

Median household income

$71,875$86,750

Median home value

$130,000$147,300

Median gross rent

$605$740

Morrison

Population

3,7763,781

Median household income

$44,207$67,580

Median home value

$95,600$117,300

Median gross rent

$780$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erie	Morrison
Under 5	5.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	24.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	7.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.3%
75 and over	9.3%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	Morrison
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	Morrison
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.6%
High school graduate	34.0%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	Morrison
Drove alone	92.0%	79.9%
Carpooled	4.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	8.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	Morrison
1-unit, detached	86.5%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Erie	Morrison
Poverty rate	6.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1967	1955