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Morehead, KY

6,924 Population
9.7 square miles 715.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22 ±0.4 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Rowan County: 31.2 ±0.7
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$22,215 ±$7,441 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rowan County: $30,257 † ±$3,325
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$35,000 ±$10,191 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rowan County: $53,657 † ±$5,933
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

34.4% ±9.1% (1,428  ±379) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Rowan County: 24.5% † 5,308 (±4.2% / ±904)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

16.5 minutes ±1.2 (46,410  ±7,870) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Rowan County: 22.9 227,240 (±1.3 / ±19,258)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

1,790 ±223 Number of households
  • Rowan County: 9,345 ±296
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.3 ±0.3 (4,143  ±124) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rowan County: 2.3 21,634 (±0.1 / ±115)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

1.9% ±1.1% (54  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rowan County: 4.8% † 323 (±2.6% / ±175)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

2,009 ±220 Number of housing units
  • Rowan County: 10,577 ±56
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$176,300 ±$22,790 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rowan County: $155,900 ±$15,501
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

26.8% ±4.8% (1,842  ±327.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Rowan County: 13.9% † 3,358 (±2.5% / ±592.9)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

91.3% ±9.4% (2,350  ±341.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rowan County: 87.3% 12,628 (±5.7% / ±834.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
31.3% ±5.5% (804  ±163.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rowan County: 27% † 3,909 (±3% / ±434.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

5% ±2.3% (349  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Rowan County: 2.3% 551
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 4.4% 199,605

2.5% ±1.5% (152  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Rowan County: 5.3% † 1,042 (±1.3% / ±251)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
152 Total veterans ±93 119 Male ±85 33 Female ±38

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