Morehead is a place where college students are a big part of the character and culture of the town. Small towns have often struggled with declining populations over the past few decades, but the presence of such a large college student population has helped Morehead to fight this trend. Not only does the college population add spending and jobs to local economy, but it also contributes a very tangible, youthful energy to the town.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Morehead spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.15 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Morehead is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
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: 29.30% of adults in Morehead have a college degree.
The per capita income in Morehead in 2018 was $23,049, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,196 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 34.54% 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 Irish, German, English, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Morehead is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
