Morning View is a very small town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 4,829 people and just one neighborhood, Morning View is the 94th largest community in Kentucky.
Unlike some towns, Morning View isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Morning View are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Morning View is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Morning View who work in office and administrative support (18.17%), sales jobs (7.26%), and business and financial occupations (7.11%).
Also of interest is that Morning View has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Morning View telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.76% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Morning View is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Morning View a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Morning View has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Morning View’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Morning View has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Morning View has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Morning View than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Morning View may be for you.
In Morning View, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.62 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Morning View is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Morning View citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.31% of adults 25 and older in Morning View have a college degree.
The per capita income in Morning View in 2022 was $39,466, which is wealthy relative to Kentucky, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $157,864 for a family of four. However, Morning View contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Morning View home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morning View residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Morning View include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Morning View is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.0% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Kentucky. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Morning View are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 56.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 55.0% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 32.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.7%), and 19.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Morning View, KY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.4%), and residents who report English roots (8.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.8%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (76.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (15.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.