Morristown vs Northfield

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

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

Northfield has the higher population (20,678 vs 982 in Morristown). Northfield has the higher median household income ($92,000 vs $74,479 in Morristown). Northfield has the higher median home value ($305,300 vs $175,600 in Morristown).

Population, income & housing

	Morristown	Northfield
Population	982	20,678
Median age	41.6 yrs	28.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,479	$92,000
Median home value	$175,600	$305,300
Median gross rent	$1,152	$1,036
Housing units	444	6,648
Homeownership rate	77.9%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	51.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morristown	Northfield
Population	985 → 982 (-0.3%)	20,347 → 20,678 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$54,808 → $74,479 (+35.9%)	$70,148 → $92,000 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $175,600 (+32.5%)	$226,000 → $305,300 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,152 (+18.2%)	$825 → $1,036 (+25.6%)

Morristown

Population

985982

Median household income

$54,808$74,479

Median home value

$132,500$175,600

Median gross rent

$975$1,152

Northfield

Population

20,34720,678

Median household income

$70,148$92,000

Median home value

$226,000$305,300

Median gross rent

$825$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morristown	Northfield
Under 5	5.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	12.3%	30.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	6.8%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	9.0%
75 and over	7.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morristown	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	6.9%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morristown	Northfield
No high school diploma	13.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	37.0%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morristown	Northfield
Drove alone	82.0%	56.5%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.2%	16.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.0%	19.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morristown	Northfield
1-unit, detached	76.8%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Morristown	Northfield
Poverty rate	10.7%	7.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1959	1983