Morrow is a somewhat small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 6,395 people and six associated neighborhoods, Morrow is the 130th largest community in Georgia.Unlike some cities, Morrow isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Morrow are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Morrow is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Morrow who work in personal care services (17.22%), office and administrative support (10.01%), and sales jobs (5.32%). Also of interest is that Morrow has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.34% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Morrow is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Morrow, the average commute to work is 30.43 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small city, Morrow does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Morrow who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.17% of the adults in Morrow have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Morrow in 2022 was $19,275, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,100 for a family of four. However, Morrow contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Morrow is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Morrow home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Morrow, accounting for 31.37% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Morrow residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Morrow include German, English, Haitian, Egyptian, and African. Morrow also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 30.36%. The most common language spoken in Morrow is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
