Morris, New York.
. Oneonta, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Morris, Otsego County, New York
Morris is a village of 486 people in Otsego County. Unemployment in Otsego County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Otsego County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Morris is a very small village in Otsego County, in the hills of central New York, where neighbors tend to know one another. Winters are cold and long, with January the coldest month and a great deal of snow, while July brings pleasantly warm days. Across the year the village gets a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in shops, in restaurants and hotels, and in manufacturing. Across Otsego County, some of the largest workplaces are SUNY Oneonta, Aurelia Osborn FOX Memorial Hospital and Hartwick College. Commutes are moderate, and a good number of people work from home. Incomes in the county are below those in much of the state, and unemployment has held steady over the past year.
Things to do. Gilbert Lake State Park, a protected area, and Hunt's Pond State Park are both a short drive away and suit a walk or a day outdoors. The Lake of the Twin Fawns is also close by. For a longer outing, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and Otsego Lake are a longer drive away.
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- 12%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 18%work from home
What people in Otsego County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Otsego County had 22,645 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 11°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 55°. About 83 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Emmons weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Otsego County
- SUNY OneontaUniversity or college1,126
- Springbrook401
- Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital382FTE
- Hartwick CollegeUniversity or college366
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters348
- Oneonta City School DistrictSchool district295FTE
- Corning Inc - OneontaBottles, plastics, manufacturing205
- AvangridDistribution of electric power187
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 49 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,838 people in all across the county; Morris has two of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Morris’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Otsego County and the Oneonta, NY metro.
Morris home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Morris7
Zip codes with a Morris address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Morris — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.