Farmers vs Morehead

A side-by-side comparison of Farmers and Morehead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morehead has the higher population (6,924 vs 137 in Farmers). Morehead has the higher median home value ($176,300 vs $156,900 in Farmers). Since 2019, Farmers's population has grown faster (+448.0% vs -9.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Farmers	Morehead
Population	137	6,924
Median age	32.8 yrs	22.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$35,000
Median home value	$156,900	$176,300
Median gross rent	—	$791
Housing units	35	2,009
Homeownership rate	100.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmers	Morehead
Population	25 → 137 (+448.0%)	7,653 → 6,924 (-9.5%)
Median household income	—	$29,838 → $35,000 (+17.3%)
Median home value	—	$171,500 → $176,300 (+2.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$546 → $791 (+44.9%)

Farmers

Population

25137

Morehead

Population

7,6536,924

Median household income

$29,838$35,000

Median home value

$171,500$176,300

Median gross rent

$546$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmers	Morehead
Under 5	5.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	31.4%	9.6%
18 to 24	8.8%	50.0%
25 to 34	5.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	20.4%	7.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	6.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	4.4%
65 to 74	16.8%	3.7%
75 and over	0.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmers	Morehead
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	14.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmers	Morehead
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	37.8%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	51.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmers	Morehead
Drove alone	100.0%	63.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	23.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmers	Morehead
1-unit, detached	80.0%	51.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	25.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Farmers	Morehead
Poverty rate	34.4%	34.4%
Average household size	3.91	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	38	17
Median year structure built	1960	1978