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Population (year 2000): 2,544. Estimated population in July 2006: 2,538 (-0.2% change)
 

Males: 1,153  (45.3%)
Females: 1,391  (54.7%)

Butler County

Median resident age:  37.7 years
Kentucky median age:  35.9 years

Zip codes: 42261.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $19,800 (it was $19,912 in 2000)
Morgantown  $19,800
Kentucky:  $37,369

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $57,600 (it was $60,300 in 2000)
Morgantown  $57,600
Kentucky:  $103,900

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Races in Morgantown:

  • White Non-Hispanic (94.7%)
  • Hispanic (3.2%)
  • Other race (2.4%)
  • Black (1.1%)
  • Two or more races (0.6%)

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Ancestries: United States (30.7%), English (8.9%), Irish (7.0%), German (4.9%), Dutch (1.5%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated on 01/06/1813

Elevation: 573 feet

Land area: 3.37 square miles.

Population density: 755 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Morgantown

  • High school or higher: 52.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.8%
  • Unemployed: 6.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 20.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Morgantown city

  • Never married: 19.1%
  • Now married: 47.1%
  • Separated: 4.7%
  • Widowed: 16.4%
  • Divorced: 12.6%

108 residents are foreign born (3.5% Latin America).

This city:  4.2%
Kentucky:  2.0%



According to our research there were 10 registered sex offenders living in Morgantown, Kentucky in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Morgantown to the number of sex offenders is 254 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Morgantown:  0.5% ($280)
Kentucky:  0.7% ($610)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Owensboro, KY (47.4 miles , pop. 54,067).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Metropolitan Government, TN (73.7 miles , pop. 569,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (326.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Woodbury, KY (4.6 miles) , Welchs Creek, KY (8.1 miles ), Sugar Grove, KY (9.0 miles ), Jetson, KY (11.7 miles ), Greencastle, KY (13.4 miles ), Rochester, KY (13.8 miles) , Gasper River, KY (14.6 miles ), Horse Branch, KY (16.4 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 1 building, cost: $56,000
  • 1997: 2 buildings, average cost: $100,000
  • 1998: 4 buildings, average cost: $45,000
  • 1999: 1 building, cost: $60,000
  • 2000: 1 building, cost: $75,000
  • 2001: 3 buildings, average cost: $33,300
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 0 buildings
  • 2005: 0 buildings
  • 2006: 24 buildings, average cost: $159,000
  • 2007: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 37.22 N, Longitude: 86.69 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: +2,562 (+100.7%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 556 (57.6%)


161 people in nursing homes
44 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

Area code: 270

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Population change in the 1990s: +224 (+9.7%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (13%)
  • Food (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (7%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Truck transportation (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (18%)
  • Accommodation and food services (13%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Food (8%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)


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Crime in Morgantown (2004):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 burglaries (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 thefts (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 2 auto thefts (78.1 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 6.2 (higher means more crime, US average = 315.1)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 4 (4 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.57
US city average:  3.00

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Morgantown-area historical tornado activity is near Kentucky state average. It is 53% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 16.2 miles away from the Morgantown city center injured 2 people.

On 4/3/1974, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 37.0 miles away from the city center killed 31 people and injured 270 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Morgantown:
  • OHIO CO HOSP (about 22 miles; HARTFORD, KY)
  • GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSP (about 22 miles; BOWLING GREEN, KY)
  • MEDIPLEX REHAB BOWLING GREEN (about 27 miles; BOWLING GREEN, KY)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Morgantown:
  • BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL (about 27 miles; BOWLING GREEN, KY; ID: BWG)
  • OWENSBORO-DAVIESS COUNTY (about 49 miles; OWENSBORO, KY; ID: OWB)
  • CAMPBELL AAF (about 67 miles; FORT CAMPBELL/HOPKINSVILLE, KY; ID: HOP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Morgantown:
  • OHIO COUNTY (about 19 miles; HARTFORD, KY; ID: 7K4)
  • ROUGH RIVER STATE PARK (about 30 miles; FALLS-OF-ROUGH, KY; ID: 2I3)
  • RUSSELLVILLE-LOGAN COUNTY (about 31 miles; RUSSELLVILLE, KY; ID: 4M7)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Morgantown:
  • WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Full-time enrollment: 12,806)
  • VOLUNTEER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles; GALLATIN, TN; FT enrollment: 4,215)
  • AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 66 miles; CLARKSVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,744)
  • ELIZABETHTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles; ELIZABETHTOWN, KY; FT enrollment: 2,217)
  • TRINITY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY-TRINITY COLLEGE (about 70 miles; NEWBURGH, IN; FT enrollment: 2,986)
  • VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (about 72 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 9,823)
  • TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 7,346)
Public high school in Morgantown:
  • BUTLER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 636; Location: 1147 S MAIN ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Morgantown:
  • MORGANTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 652; Location: 210 W CEMETERY ST; Grades: PK - 05)
  • BUTLER COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 521; Location: 505 N WARD AVE; Grades: 06 - 08)
  • FIFTH DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 207; Location: 5435 CANEYVILLE RD; Grades: PK - 05)
  • FOURTH DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 127; Location: 10225 BROWNSVILLE RD; Grades: PK - 05)
Library in Morgantown:
  • BUTLER COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $162,913; Location: 116 WEST OHIO STREET; 27,658 books; 439 audio materials; 999 video materials; 54 serial subscriptions)

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Cemetery: Riverside Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Big Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Hotels: Motel 6 (1460 South Main Street), Motel 6 Morgantown (1460 South Main Street), Green River Lodge (102 Sawmill Road).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Morgantown and their reported violations in the past:

MORGANTOWN WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 2921, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Average - Between OCT-2001 and DEC-2001, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (FEB-13-2002)
  • MCL, Average - Between OCT-2000 and SEP-2001, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-14-2001)
  • MCL, Average - Between JUL-2000 and JUN-2001, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (AUG-15-2001)
  • MCL, Average - Between APR-2000 and MAR-2001, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (APR-26-2001), St Public Notif requested (APR-26-2001), St Compliance achieved (JUN-06-2001), St Public Notif received (JUN-06-2001)
Past monitoring violations:
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-01-1999 and AUG-16-2000, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAR-31-2000), St Public Notif requested (MAR-31-2000), St Public Notif received (2 times from APR-26-2000 to AUG-16-2000), St Compliance achieved (AUG-16-2000)
  • Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-01-1994 and OCT-14-1994, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (AUG-09-1994), St Compliance achieved (OCT-14-1994), Fed Formal NOV issued (FEB-13-1998), St Compliance achieved (MAR-20-1998)
  • One minor monitoring violation
  • 23 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This city:  2.2 people
Kentucky:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  59.7%
Whole state:  69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  3.2%
Whole state:  4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  27.6%
Whole state:  15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  11.8%
Whole state:  6.6%

Morgantown compared to Kentucky state average:

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  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Number of college students significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Morgantown (2007 data):
  • Morgantown Bank & Trust Company, Incorporated: Drive-In Facility, Morgan Manor Branch, at Main Street, Highway 70 Branch. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $127.4 mil, Deposits: $103.3 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 4 total offices, Holding Company: M.R. Melton Limited Partnership
  • PBI Bank: Morgantown Branch at Logan Street, branch established on 1898-01-01. Info updated 2006-05-17: Bank assets: $1,045.0 mil, Deposits: $881.8 mil, headquarters in Louisville, KY, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 13 total offices, Holding Company: Porter Bancorp, Inc.



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2004)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Gas Supply 11$32,612$35,5770$0
Water Supply 3$8,565$34,2602$961
Housing and Community Development(Local) 7$17,543$30,0741$106
Sewerage 2$4,773$28,6380$0


Morgantown government finances in 2004:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $25,000
  • Charges - Parks & Recreation: $44,000
    All Other: $25,000
    Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $3,000
  • Construction - General: $400,000
    Regular Highways: $10,000
  • Current Operations - General - Other: $762,000
    Water Utilities: $365,000
    Police Protection: $255,000
    Regular Highways: $194,000
    Parks & Recreation: $169,000
    Housing & Community Development: $54,000
    Fire Protection: $31,000
    Financial Administration: $18,000
    Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC: $11,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $1,776,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $75,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $28,970,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $323,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $28,970,000
    Other, NEC: $313,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $10,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $1,755,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $434,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $2,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $240,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $676,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $28,970,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $35,000
    General Support: $25,000
    All Other: $24,000
  • Tax - Individual Income: $793,000
    Property: $140,000
    Other Selective Sales: $81,000
    Public Utilities: $13,000
    NEC: $9,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $890,000

6.79% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,941 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.79%
Kentucky average:  6.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Warren County, KY  2.33% ($29,495 average AGI)
from Logan County, KY  0.40% ($22,556)
from Grayson County, KY  0.31% ($16,714)


6.62% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,020 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.62%
Kentucky average:  6.74%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Warren County, KY  2.49% ($21,232 average AGI)
to Ohio County, KY  0.73% ($28,970)
to Logan County, KY  0.29% ($25,538)


Strongest AM radio stations in Morgantown:
  • WLBQ (1570 AM; 1 kW; MORGANTOWN, KY; Owner: BUTLER COUNTY BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WKCT (930 AM; 5 kW; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: DAILY NEWS BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
  • WKDA (1200 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: RADIO NASHVILLE, INC.)
  • WAMB (1160 AM; 50 kW; DONELSON, TN; Owner: GREAT SOUTHERN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WLAC (1510 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WNQM (1300 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: WNQM. INC.)
  • WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WRUS (610 AM; 2 kW; RUSSELLVILLE, KY; Owner: LOGAN RADIO INCORPORATED)
  • WPLN (1430 AM; 15 kW; MADISON, TN)
  • WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
  • WBGN (1340 AM; 1 kW; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: FOREVER COMMUNICATIONS INC)
  • WHIN (1010 AM; 5 kW; GALLATIN, TN; Owner: WHIN, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Morgantown:
  • WKYU-FM (88.9 FM; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
  • WUBT (101.1 FM; RUSSELLVILLE, KY; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WQXQ (101.9 FM; CENTRAL CITY, KY; Owner: STARLIGHT BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WCVK (90.7 FM; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: BOWLING GREEN COMMTY. B/CSTG, INC.)
  • WBVR-FM (96.7 FM; AUBURN, KY; Owner: FOREVER COMMUNICATIONS INC)
  • WBKR (92.5 FM; OWENSBORO, KY; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF EVANSVILLE/OWENSBORO, INC.)
  • WKLX (100.7 FM; BROWNSVILLE, KY; Owner: CHARLES M. ANDERSON)
  • WWHR (91.7 FM; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
  • WGGC (95.1 FM; GLASGOW, KY; Owner: HERITAGE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • W203BI (88.5 FM; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WUHU (107.1 FM; SMITHS GROVE, KY; Owner: FOREVER COMMUNICATIONS INC)
  • WNTC (103.9 FM; DRAKESBORO, KY; Owner: NASHVILLE'S SPORTSRADIO, INCORPORATED)
  • WXMZ (106.3 FM; HARTFORD, KY; Owner: STARLIGHT BROADCASTING CO., INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Morgantown:
  • W62CJ (Channel 62; JACKSON, TN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WKGB-TV (Channel 53; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
  • WBKO (Channel 13; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
  • WKYU-TV (Channel 24; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)

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