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Morganfield, KY

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Overview


Morganfield is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 3,166 people and just one neighborhood, Morganfield is the 123rd largest community in Kentucky.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Morganfield, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.34% of Morganfield’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Morganfield is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Morganfield who work in healthcare (16.86%), sales jobs (9.77%), and office and administrative support (8.99%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Morganfield’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Morganfield has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Morganfield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Morganfield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Morganfield may be for you.

Morganfield 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.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Morganfield rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.53% of adults 25 and older in Morganfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Morganfield in 2022 was $34,215, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,860 for a family of four. However, Morganfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Morganfield is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Morganfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morganfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Morganfield include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Morganfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Morganfield, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.9%) living in the neighborhood.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 93.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Morganfield are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 39.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.8%), and 12.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Morganfield, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (13.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (5.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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