Morganfield vs Waverly

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

Morganfield and Waverly 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 361 in Waverly). Morganfield has the higher median household income ($63,546 vs $61,250 in Waverly). Morganfield has the higher median home value ($116,100 vs $100,000 in Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	Morganfield	Waverly
Population	3,208	361
Median age	41.9 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,546	$61,250
Median home value	$116,100	$100,000
Median gross rent	$830	$773
Housing units	1,685	173
Homeownership rate	55.7%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morganfield	Waverly
Population	3,422 → 3,208 (-6.3%)	349 → 361 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$38,228 → $63,546 (+66.2%)	$50,833 → $61,250 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $116,100 (+39.9%)	$85,000 → $100,000 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $830 (+35.0%)	$850 → $773 (-9.1%)

Morganfield

Population

3,4223,208

Median household income

$38,228$63,546

Median home value

$83,000$116,100

Median gross rent

$615$830

Waverly

Population

349361

Median household income

$50,833$61,250

Median home value

$85,000$100,000

Median gross rent

$850$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morganfield	Waverly
Under 5	5.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	6.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	22.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	16.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	5.5%
65 to 74	17.7%	21.1%
75 and over	10.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morganfield	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	99.2%
Black or African American	8.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morganfield	Waverly
No high school diploma	8.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	37.0%	58.5%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morganfield	Waverly
Drove alone	95.2%	93.6%
Carpooled	2.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morganfield	Waverly
1-unit, detached	78.8%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Morganfield	Waverly
Poverty rate	13.7%	17.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1967	1972