Morehead is a small town with a large college student population. Because of this, there is a real youthful, hip vibe to the place, and much of the life in the town is centered on the college. This has helped Morehead to buck the trend of other small towns that have suffered declining populations over the past 20 to 30 years. Spending by students, and faculty and staff jobs, are a big part of the local economy.
One of the benefits of Morehead is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.16 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Morehead does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Morehead is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.25% of adults in Morehead have a college degree.
The per capita income in Morehead in 2022 was $22,215, which is lower middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,860 for a family of four. However, Morehead contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Morehead also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.36% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Morehead is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Morehead home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morehead residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Morehead include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Morehead is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
