† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupMoreheadKentuckyUnited States
American20.0%11.5%5.3%
English15.6%14.5%9.5%
German11.8%12.7%12.5%
Irish11.3%11.0%9.4%
Scottish2.1%2.0%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.7%0.8%—
French1.6%1.1%1.6%
Dutch1.0%——
Mexican1.0%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.5%1.8%
Spanish0.5%——
African American†2.1%6.6%9.9%
Haitian0.5%—0.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Morehead
Kentucky
United States
Median age
22
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
50.9%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
7.7%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Morehead
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$36,741
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
38.0%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
29.9%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Morehead
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.4%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
1.1%
3.4%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Morehead
Kentucky
United States
Catholic
—
7.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
31.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Morehead, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+25.7%
2008
+22.1%
2012
+16.2%
2016
+10.7%
2020
+19.2%
2024
+4.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
51.3%Harris912
46.9%Trump834
1.8%
D+4.4
R+14.9
D+5.9
1,778
D
58.6%Biden1,084
39.4%Trump728
2.1%
D+19.2
D+8.5
D+14.8
1,850
D
52.8%Clinton882
42.0%Trump703
5.2%
D+10.7
R+5.4
D+8.6
1,672
D
56.8%Obama848
40.7%Romney607
2.5%
D+16.2
R+6.0
D+12.3
1,492
D
59.8%Obama1,116
37.7%McCain703
2.5%
D+22.1
R+3.5
D+14.9
1,866
D
62.3%Kerry1,246
36.6%Bush733
1.1%
D+25.7
—
D+28.1
2,000
Morehead sits in the Border South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.7 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 14.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.4 points.
A population of 6,870, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $36,741 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cortland and Radford.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Morehead, Kentucky voted Democratic by 4.4 points (D+4.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,778 votes cast, 912 went Democratic and 834 went Republican.
How many people live in Morehead, Kentucky?
Morehead, Kentucky has a population of 6,870 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Morehead, Kentucky?
Median household income in Morehead, Kentucky is $36,741 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Morehead, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Morehead, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
