Morehead is a somewhat small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 6,789 people and five associated neighborhoods, Morehead is the 65th largest community in Kentucky.Morehead is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.05% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Morehead is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Morehead who work in food service (16.14%), sales jobs (10.69%), and office and administrative support (9.89%). A relatively large number of people in Morehead telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.56% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.19 minutes getting to work every day. 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 29.95% 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 $23,475, 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 $93,900 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 38.02% of its population below the federal poverty line. 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 Polish and Spanish.
