Harperville vs Morton

A side-by-side comparison of Harperville and Morton: population, income, housing, and more.

Harperville and Morton are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morton has the higher population (3,661 vs 256 in Harperville). Since 2019, Morton's population has grown faster (+2.0% vs -29.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Harperville	Morton
Population	256	3,661
Median age	15.0 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$38,889
Median home value	—	$90,000
Median gross rent	—	$932
Housing units	108	1,187
Homeownership rate	69.4%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	100.0%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harperville	Morton
Population	365 → 256 (-29.9%)	3,589 → 3,661 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$19,913 → $21,165 (+6.3%)	$30,469 → $38,889 (+27.6%)
Median home value	—	$69,800 → $90,000 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$718 → $932 (+29.8%)

Harperville

Population

365256

Median household income

$19,913$21,165

Morton

Population

3,5893,661

Median household income

$30,469$38,889

Median home value

$69,800$90,000

Median gross rent

$718$932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harperville	Morton
Under 5	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	57.8%	34.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	2.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.5%
75 and over	12.5%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harperville	Morton
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	27.8%
Black or African American	26.6%	24.8%
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	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	43.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harperville	Morton
No high school diploma	69.4%	25.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harperville	Morton
Drove alone	—	78.4%
Carpooled	—	16.4%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	5.2%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harperville	Morton
1-unit, detached	30.6%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	69.4%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Harperville	Morton
Poverty rate	100.0%	29.8%
Average household size	2.37	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	—	34
Median year structure built	1983	1981