Cass County vs Morrison County

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

Cass County and Morrison County are counties in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morrison County has the higher population (34,131 vs 30,688 in Cass County). Morrison County has the higher median household income ($68,640 vs $64,937 in Cass County). Cass County has the higher median home value ($262,300 vs $237,000 in Morrison County).

Population, income & housing

	Cass County	Morrison County
Population	30,688	34,131
Median age	49.7 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,937	$68,640
Median home value	$262,300	$237,000
Median gross rent	$889	$782
Housing units	24,294	16,204
Homeownership rate	84.9%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass County	Morrison County
Population	29,268 → 30,688 (+4.9%)	33,064 → 34,131 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$52,204 → $64,937 (+24.4%)	$57,815 → $68,640 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$194,200 → $262,300 (+35.1%)	$170,100 → $237,000 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $889 (+20.3%)	$742 → $782 (+5.4%)

Cass County

Population

29,26830,688

Median household income

$52,204$64,937

Median home value

$194,200$262,300

Median gross rent

$739$889

Morrison County

Population

33,06434,131

Median household income

$57,815$68,640

Median home value

$170,100$237,000

Median gross rent

$742$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass County	Morrison County
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	16.4%	12.0%
75 and over	10.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass County	Morrison County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass County	Morrison County
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	31.9%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass County	Morrison County
Drove alone	72.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	3.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	7.7%
Other means	1.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass County	Morrison County
1-unit, detached	85.2%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Cass County	Morrison County
Poverty rate	12.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1990	1978