Morganfield vs Sturgis

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

Morganfield and Sturgis 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 1,827 in Sturgis). Morganfield has the higher median household income ($63,546 vs $43,938 in Sturgis). Morganfield has the higher median home value ($116,100 vs $83,400 in Sturgis).

Population, income & housing

	Morganfield	Sturgis
Population	3,208	1,827
Median age	41.9 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,546	$43,938
Median home value	$116,100	$83,400
Median gross rent	$830	$703
Housing units	1,685	817
Homeownership rate	55.7%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morganfield	Sturgis
Population	3,422 → 3,208 (-6.3%)	1,903 → 1,827 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$38,228 → $63,546 (+66.2%)	$40,980 → $43,938 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $116,100 (+39.9%)	$74,700 → $83,400 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $830 (+35.0%)	$526 → $703 (+33.7%)

Morganfield

Population

3,4223,208

Median household income

$38,228$63,546

Median home value

$83,000$116,100

Median gross rent

$615$830

Sturgis

Population

1,9031,827

Median household income

$40,980$43,938

Median home value

$74,700$83,400

Median gross rent

$526$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morganfield	Sturgis
Under 5	5.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	17.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	17.7%	13.8%
75 and over	10.8%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morganfield	Sturgis
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	92.8%
Black or African American	8.7%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morganfield	Sturgis
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	37.0%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morganfield	Sturgis
Drove alone	95.2%	84.3%
Carpooled	2.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morganfield	Sturgis
1-unit, detached	78.8%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Morganfield	Sturgis
Poverty rate	13.7%	18.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1967	1964