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Morehead, KY Urban Area

9,123 Population
8.1 square miles 1,123.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,221 ±$2,303 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,149 ±$7,076 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

33.9% ±6.7% (2,157  ±489) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±2.3 (75,850  ±14,693) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,905 ±341 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.4 (6,334  ±715) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±2% (99  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,233 ±362 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,900 ±$26,953 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

24% ±4.1% (2,169  ±408.3) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.6% ±4.3% (3,305  ±411.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.3% ±4.5% (1,044  ±209.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.3% ±0.9% (213  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.2% ±1.6% (245  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
245 Total veterans ±122 188 Male ±105 57 Female ±52

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