Breckinridge Center vs Morganfield

A side-by-side comparison of Breckinridge Center and Morganfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morganfield has the higher population (3,208 vs 1,592 in Breckinridge Center). Morganfield has the higher median household income ($63,546 vs $62,269 in Breckinridge Center). Since 2019, Morganfield's population has grown faster (-6.3% vs -24.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Breckinridge Center	Morganfield
Population	1,592	3,208
Median age	22.7 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,269	$63,546
Median home value	—	$116,100
Median gross rent	$1,038	$830
Housing units	337	1,685
Homeownership rate	55.8%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breckinridge Center	Morganfield
Population	2,109 → 1,592 (-24.5%)	3,422 → 3,208 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $62,269 (+42.3%)	$38,228 → $63,546 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $97,700 (+49.8%)	$83,000 → $116,100 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $1,038 (+45.4%)	$615 → $830 (+35.0%)

Breckinridge Center

Population

2,1091,592

Median household income

$43,750$62,269

Median home value

$65,200$97,700

Median gross rent

$714$1,038

Morganfield

Population

3,4223,208

Median household income

$38,228$63,546

Median home value

$83,000$116,100

Median gross rent

$615$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breckinridge Center	Morganfield
Under 5	1.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	38.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	15.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	8.5%
65 to 74	0.6%	17.7%
75 and over	0.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breckinridge Center	Morganfield
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	25.6%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breckinridge Center	Morganfield
No high school diploma	14.3%	8.0%
High school graduate	52.1%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breckinridge Center	Morganfield
Drove alone	62.1%	95.2%
Carpooled	17.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	2.5%
Other means	13.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breckinridge Center	Morganfield
1-unit, detached	40.9%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	59.1%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Breckinridge Center	Morganfield
Poverty rate	52.5%	13.7%
Average household size	2.58	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1988	1967