Morgantown vs Rochester

A side-by-side comparison of Morgantown and Rochester: population, income, housing, and more.

Morgantown and Rochester are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morgantown has the higher population (2,729 vs 197 in Rochester). Since 2019, Morgantown's population has grown faster (+3.0% vs -29.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Morgantown	Rochester
Population	2,729	197
Median age	36.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,037	—
Median home value	$111,400	—
Median gross rent	$582	$850
Housing units	1,101	81
Homeownership rate	35.3%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morgantown	Rochester
Population	2,650 → 2,729 (+3.0%)	280 → 197 (-29.6%)
Median household income	$26,581 → $37,037 (+39.3%)	$60,313 → $67,917 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $111,400 (+32.9%)	$109,200 → $91,700 (-16.0%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $582 (+18.1%)	$930 → $850 (-8.6%)

Morgantown

Population

2,6502,729

Median household income

$26,581$37,037

Median home value

$83,800$111,400

Median gross rent

$493$582

Rochester

Population

280197

Median household income

$60,313$67,917

Median home value

$109,200$91,700

Median gross rent

$930$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morgantown	Rochester
Under 5	8.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	18.5%	6.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	22.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.6%
75 and over	8.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morgantown	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	7.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morgantown	Rochester
No high school diploma	19.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	49.9%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morgantown	Rochester
Drove alone	82.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	17.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morgantown	Rochester
1-unit, detached	47.8%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	27.2%

Poverty & households

	Morgantown	Rochester
Poverty rate	34.1%	14.9%
Average household size	2.60	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	46
Median year structure built	1978	1975