Morehead is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Morehead area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Morehead maintain a good economy.
One of the benefits of Morehead is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.15 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.
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.
The overall education level of Morehead citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.30% of adults in Morehead have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Morehead in 2022 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.
