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Morley, MI map Population (year 2000): 495. Estimated population in July 2006: 492 (-0.6% change)
 

Males: 214  (43.2%)
Females: 281  (56.8%)

Mecosta County

Median resident age:  35.1 years
Michigan median age:  35.5 years

Zip codes: 49336.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $31,200 (it was $31,442 in 2000)
Morley  $31,200
Michigan:  $46,039

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $71,400 (it was $55,000 in 2000)
Morley  $71,400
Michigan:  $149,300

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Races in Morley:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.4%)
  • American Indian (1.6%)
  • Two or more races (0.8%)

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Ancestries: German (22.0%), Irish (19.2%), United States (16.2%), English (8.5%), French (4.8%), Polish (3.8%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 273 feet

Land area: 0.92 square miles.

Population density: 540 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Morley

  • High school or higher: 68.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.3%
  • Unemployed: 6.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 32.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Morley village

  • Never married: 25.5%
  • Now married: 46.6%
  • Separated: 2.7%
  • Widowed: 11.9%
  • Divorced: 13.3%

7 residents are foreign born

This village:  1.4%
Michigan:  5.3%



According to our research there were 17 registered sex offenders living in Morley, Michigan in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Morley to the number of sex offenders is 29 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Morley:  1.1% ($627)
Michigan:  1.3% ($1,461)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Grand Rapids, MI (39.5 miles , pop. 197,800).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Fort Wayne, IN (168.2 miles , pop. 205,727).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (191.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Stanwood, MI (6.2 miles ), Howard City, MI (6.7 miles ), Canadian Lakes, MI (11.5 miles ), Lakeview, MI (11.9 miles ), Pierson, MI (12.4 miles) , Sand Lake, MI (14.6 miles ), Big Rapids, MI (14.6 miles ), Mecosta, MI (17.2 miles ).

Latitude: 43.49 N, Longitude: 85.44 W


Area code: 231

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Population change in the 1990s: -16 (-3.1%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (21%)
  • Truck transportation (13%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Furniture and related products (5%)
  • Health care (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Accommodation and food services (21%)
  • Educational services (19%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Private households (5%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Carpenters (6%)
  • Construction laborers (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Cooks and food preparation workers (11%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (9%)
  • Cashiers (7%)
  • Bus drivers (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)


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Morley-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Michigan state average. It is 1% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1956, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 15.9 miles away from the Morley village center killed 18 people and injured 340 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 20.1 miles away from the village center killed 5 people and injured 142 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Morley:
  • KELSEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; LAKEVIEW, MI)
  • MECOSTA COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; BIG RAPIDS, MI)
  • UNITED MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; GREENVILLE, MI)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Morley:
  • GERALD R. FORD INTERNATIONAL (about 44 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; ID: GRR)
  • MUSKEGON COUNTY (about 59 miles; MUSKEGON, MI; ID: MKG)
  • CAPITAL CITY (about 78 miles; LANSING, MI; ID: LAN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Morley:
  • CAIN FIELD (about 8 miles; STANWOOD, MI; ID: 38C)
  • CANADIAN LAKES (about 14 miles; MECOSTA, MI; ID: 0C5)
  • LAKEVIEW AIRPORT-GRIFFITH FIELD (about 14 miles; LAKEVIEW, MI; ID: 13C)

Amtrak stations near Morley:
  • 7 miles: HOWARD CITY (130 N. ENSLEY ST.) - Bus Station. Services: fully wheelchair accessible.
  • 15 miles: BIG RAPIDS (120 N. MICHIGAN AVE.) - Bus Station. Services: intercity bus service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Morley:
  • FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; BIG RAPIDS, MI; Full-time enrollment: 8,593)
  • GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 7,590)
  • CALVIN COLLEGE (about 40 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 4,148)
  • AQUINAS COLLEGE (about 40 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; FT enrollment: 2,022)
  • CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; MT PLEASANT, MI; FT enrollment: 21,353)
  • GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; ALLENDALE, MI; FT enrollment: 15,124)
  • MUSKEGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 55 miles; MUSKEGON, MI; FT enrollment: 2,365)
Public high school in Morley:
  • MORLEY STANWOOD HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 470; Location: 4700 NORTHLAND DRIVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Morley:
  • MORLEY STANWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 547; Location: 4808 NORTHLAND DRIVE; Grades: 05 - 08)
  • MORLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 324; Location: 151 EAST 7TH STREET; Grades: KG - 04)
Private elementary/middle school in Morley:
  • BROCKWAY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 20; Location: 10951 THREE MILE RD; Grades: KG - 11)
Library in Morley:
  • WALTON ERICKSON PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $78,931; Location: 4808 NORTHLAND DRIVE; 24,143 books; 138 audio materials; 935 video materials; 42 serial subscriptions)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Morley and their reported violations in the past:

MECOSTA PINES CAMPGROUND, LLC (Population served: 150, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In MAY-2005, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-20-2005), St Compliance achieved (JUL-27-2005)
  • 4 routine major monitoring violations
  • 2 regular monitoring violations
MOE Z INN (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 2 routine major monitoring violations
  • 2 regular monitoring violations
SARNS RESORT WELL #2 (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One regular monitoring violation
KINNEY PARK (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • One regular monitoring violation
SARNS RESORT NO. 1 (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This village:  2.5 people
Michigan:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This village:  61.9%
Whole state:  68.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This village:  10.3%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 1.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This village:  17.7%
Whole state:  10.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This village:  5.7%
Whole state:  4.8%

Morley compared to Michigan state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Morley (2007 data):
  • Firstbank - Lakeview: East Fourth Street Branch at 101 East Fourth Street, branch established on 1914-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $127.6 mil, Deposits: $91.7 mil, headquarters in Lakeview, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 6 total offices, Holding Company: Firstbank Corporation



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Streets and Highways 1$2,252$27,0241$128
Other Government Administration 0$0 8$664
Financial Administration 0$0 1$443
Police Protection - Officers 0$0 4$1,266
Totals for Government 1$2,252$27,02414$2,502



8.82% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,792 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.82%
Michigan average:  5.24%

0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($297 average AGI)
Mecosta County:  0.14%
Michigan average:  0.10%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Kent County, MI  0.96% ($36,731 average AGI)
from Osceola County, MI  0.82% ($26,991)
from Montcalm County, MI  0.62% ($23,952)


8.93% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,847 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.93%
Michigan average:  5.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Kent County, MI  1.20% ($27,556 average AGI)
to Osceola County, MI  0.75% ($25,549)
to Isabella County, MI  0.57% ($24,753)


Strongest AM radio stations in Morley:
  • WBRN (1460 AM; 5 kW; BIG RAPIDS, MI; Owner: RH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WLDR (1210 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KINGSLEY, MI; Owner: FORT BEND BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WTCM (580 AM; 35 kW; TRAVERSE CITY, MI; Owner: WTCM RADIO, INC.)
  • WOOD (1300 AM; 20 kW; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WMJH (810 AM; daytime; 4 kW; ROCKFORD, MI)
  • WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
  • WJNZ (1140 AM; daytime; 5 kW; KENTWOOD, MI; Owner: GOODRICH RADIO, LLC)
  • WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WION (1430 AM; 5 kW; IONIA, MI; Owner: AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE GROUP, INC.)
  • WJR (760 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WFDF (910 AM; 50 kW; FLINT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WWJ (950 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WPNW (1260 AM; 10 kW; ZEELAND, MI; Owner: LANSER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Morley:
  • WBRN-FM (100.9 FM; BIG RAPIDS, MI; Owner: RH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WYBR (102.3 FM; BIG RAPIDS, MI; Owner: MENTOR PARTNERS, INC.)
  • WSCG-FM (106.3 FM; LAKEVIEW, MI; Owner: STAFFORD BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
  • WDEE-FM (97.3 FM; REED CITY, MI; Owner: STEVEN V. BEILFUSS)
  • WBFX (101.3 FM; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Morley:
  • W58CU (Channel 58; BIG RAPIDS, MI; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WWTV (Channel 9; CADILLAC, MI; Owner: HERITAGE B/CING COMPANY OF MICHIGAN)
  • WZZM-TV (Channel 13; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: COMBINED COMMUNICATIONS CORP. OF OKLAHOMA, INC.)
  • WCMU-TV (Channel 14; MOUNT PLEASANT, MI; Owner: CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY)

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