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Morgantown city, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Morgantown city is a Census city of 2,479 people across 3.33 square miles of land, in Butler County. Median household income is $37,604, 31.1 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Morgantown
What Morgantown is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.33 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land745
- County holding the largest share of its areaButler County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Morgantown
How many people live in Morgantown
- Population2,479
- Median age35.1
- Population under 18654 plus or minus 149
- Share under 1826.4 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Population 65 and over428 plus or minus 108
- Share 65 and over17.3 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Households909
- Family households454
- Share of households that are families49.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Morgantown
Income and work in Morgantown
- Median household income$37,604 plus or minus $12,218
- Per capita income$20,259
- Civilian labor force878
- Employed765
- Unemployed113 plus or minus 98
- Unemployment rate12.9 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Adults 25 and over1,721
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher5.3 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.3 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Morgantown
Housing in Morgantown
- Housing units1,034
- Occupied units909
- Vacant units125 plus or minus 78
- Vacancy rate12.1 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Owner occupied283 plus or minus 86
- Renter occupied626
- Ownership rate31.1 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$114,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$628
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.0 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Single family units488 plus or minus 135
- Share single family47.2 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Units in buildings of two or more437 plus or minus 125
- Share in buildings of two or more42.3 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Mobile homes109 plus or minus 66
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Morgantown
How Morgantown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute755
- Commuting under 15 minutes301 plus or minus 130
- Share commuting under 15 minutes39.9 percent plus or minus 15.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more250 plus or minus 101
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.1 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Drove alone79.0 percent
- Carpooled18.6 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home0.4 percent plus or minus 0.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Morgantown
SBA 504 lending to Morgantown borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,433,000
- Average approval$1,433,000
- Median approval$1,433,000
- Largest approval$1,433,000
- Jobs supported20
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Butler County, not Morgantown
Butler County context, not Morgantown figures
These are Butler County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Morgantown measurements.
- Establishments in Butler County190
- Employment at those establishments, Butler County2,185
- Covered employment, Butler County2,929
- Average annual pay, Butler County$46,410
- Average weekly wage, Butler County$893
- Housing units permitted, Butler County6
- Of those, single family, Butler County6
- County product, 2024, Butler County$409,290,000
- County product change over the prior year, Butler County3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Butler County$41,446
Every figure in this section is published for Butler County as a whole and is not a measurement of Morgantown. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Morgantown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Morgantown, Kentucky?
2,479, in 909 households. Morgantown city covers 3.33 square miles of land, which is 745 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Morgantown in?
Butler County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Morgantown?
$37,604. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $114,000. Median gross rent is $628 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Morgantown figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Butler County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Morgantown.
Is zoning published for Morgantown?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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