Faribault vs Morristown

A side-by-side comparison of Faribault and Morristown: population, income, housing, and more.

Faribault and Morristown are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Faribault has the higher population (24,458 vs 982 in Morristown). Morristown has the higher median household income ($74,479 vs $61,662 in Faribault). Faribault has the higher median home value ($233,900 vs $175,600 in Morristown).

Population, income & housing

	Faribault	Morristown
Population	24,458	982
Median age	38.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,662	$74,479
Median home value	$233,900	$175,600
Median gross rent	$1,041	$1,152
Housing units	9,363	444
Homeownership rate	65.4%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Faribault	Morristown
Population	23,800 → 24,458 (+2.8%)	985 → 982 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$50,702 → $61,662 (+21.6%)	$54,808 → $74,479 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $233,900 (+52.4%)	$132,500 → $175,600 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $1,041 (+26.6%)	$975 → $1,152 (+18.2%)

Faribault

Population

23,80024,458

Median household income

$50,702$61,662

Median home value

$153,500$233,900

Median gross rent

$822$1,041

Morristown

Population

985982

Median household income

$54,808$74,479

Median home value

$132,500$175,600

Median gross rent

$975$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Faribault	Morristown
Under 5	5.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	12.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.7%
75 and over	7.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Faribault	Morristown
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	87.4%
Black or African American	15.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Faribault	Morristown
No high school diploma	11.7%	13.9%
High school graduate	42.8%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Faribault	Morristown
Drove alone	71.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	17.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.0%
Other means	2.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Faribault	Morristown
1-unit, detached	62.5%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	2.9%
20 or more units	11.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Faribault	Morristown
Poverty rate	15.9%	10.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1973	1959