Morrowville vs Palmer

A side-by-side comparison of Morrowville and Palmer: population, income, housing, and more.

Morrowville and Palmer are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morrowville has the higher population (147 vs 138 in Palmer). Morrowville has the higher median household income ($73,393 vs $46,250 in Palmer). Since 2019, Morrowville's population has grown faster (+1.4% vs -5.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Morrowville	Palmer
Population	147	138
Median age	45.5 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,393	$46,250
Median home value	$25,700	—
Median gross rent	—	$563
Housing units	80	66
Homeownership rate	81.3%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morrowville	Palmer
Population	145 → 147 (+1.4%)	146 → 138 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$45,417 → $73,393 (+61.6%)	$78,750 → $46,250 (-41.3%)
Median home value	$27,800 → $25,700 (-7.6%)	$83,500 → $93,800 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$300 → $313 (+4.3%)	$683 → $563 (-17.6%)

Morrowville

Population

145147

Median household income

$45,417$73,393

Median home value

$27,800$25,700

Median gross rent

$300$313

Palmer

Population

146138

Median household income

$78,750$46,250

Median home value

$83,500$93,800

Median gross rent

$683$563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morrowville	Palmer
Under 5	8.2%	22.5%
5 to 17	10.2%	8.7%
18 to 24	16.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	4.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	24.5%	4.3%
65 to 74	3.4%	19.6%
75 and over	8.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morrowville	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	75.4%
Black or African American	6.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	24.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morrowville	Palmer
No high school diploma	5.2%	11.8%
High school graduate	41.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morrowville	Palmer
Drove alone	79.2%	86.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	1.9%
Other means	7.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morrowville	Palmer
1-unit, detached	88.8%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Morrowville	Palmer
Poverty rate	0.0%	23.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1943	1955