Moorhead is a medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 44,861 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Moorhead is the 21st largest community in Minnesota. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Moorhead, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Moorhead, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Moorhead’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Moorhead does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $68,680.00.

Also of interest is that Moorhead has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.44% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Moorhead is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Moorhead enrolled in college, Moorhead has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Moorhead spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.74 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

The population of Moorhead is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 39.65% of adults in Moorhead have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Moorhead in 2022 was $34,265, which is middle income relative to Minnesota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $137,060 for a family of four. However, Moorhead contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Moorhead is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.