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Morehead, KY

6,870 Population
9.7 square miles 710.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22 ±0.3 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Rowan County: 31.7 ±0.8
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,475 ±$8,437 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rowan County: $30,395 † ±$3,529
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
$36,741 ±$8,053 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rowan County: $54,321 † ±$7,317
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

38% ±8.2% (1,527  ±331) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rowan County: 24.2% † 5,220 (±4.1% / ±893)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

18.7 minutes ±3.8 (48,475  ±12,266) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Rowan County: 24.7 238,725 (±2.3 / ±26,770)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Families

1,854 ±205 Number of households
  • Rowan County: 9,592 ±240
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
2.2 ±0.3 (4,003  ±117) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Rowan County: 2.3 21,560 (±0.1 / ±112)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

1.3% ±1% (35  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rowan County: 5.2% † 344 (±2.8% / ±183)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)

Housing

2,042 ±216 Number of housing units
  • Rowan County: 10,623 ±51
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

$184,900 ±$14,505 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rowan County: $161,800 ±$12,413
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

25% ±4.7% (1,716  ±323.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Rowan County: 13.7% † 3,311 (±2.3% / ±563.1)
  • about double the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Social

86.3% ±10.3% (2,166  ±322.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rowan County: 87.3% 12,581 (±6.1% / ±885.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
30% ±6.2% (752  ±169.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rowan County: 25.9% † 3,736 (±3.4% / ±497.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.7% ±1.2% (186  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Rowan County: 1.1% 268
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210

1.7% ±0.9% (101  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Rowan County: 5.5% † 1,074 (±1.4% / ±268)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
101 Total veterans ±56 82 Male ±48 19 Female ±27

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