Lakeview Heights vs Morehead

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

Lakeview Heights 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 342 in Lakeview Heights). Lakeview Heights has the higher median household income ($82,917 vs $35,000 in Morehead). Lakeview Heights has the higher median home value ($189,500 vs $176,300 in Morehead).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeview Heights	Morehead
Population	342	6,924
Median age	58.2 yrs	22.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,917	$35,000
Median home value	$189,500	$176,300
Median gross rent	—	$791
Housing units	147	2,009
Homeownership rate	96.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeview Heights	Morehead
Population	267 → 342 (+28.1%)	7,653 → 6,924 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$79,375 → $82,917 (+4.5%)	$29,838 → $35,000 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$159,600 → $189,500 (+18.7%)	$171,500 → $176,300 (+2.8%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,214 (+22.6%)	$546 → $791 (+44.9%)

Lakeview Heights

Population

267342

Median household income

$79,375$82,917

Median home value

$159,600$189,500

Median gross rent

$990$1,214

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)

	Lakeview Heights	Morehead
Under 5	1.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	9.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	50.0%
25 to 34	3.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	5.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	4.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	3.7%
75 and over	33.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeview Heights	Morehead
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	87.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeview Heights	Morehead
No high school diploma	1.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	39.5%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	14.0%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeview Heights	Morehead
Drove alone	83.1%	63.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	23.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	10.2%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeview Heights	Morehead
1-unit, detached	95.2%	51.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	25.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Lakeview Heights	Morehead
Poverty rate	1.5%	34.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1976	1978