Being a small city, Morgan City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Morgan City with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.59% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Morgan City in 2022 was $26,781, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,124 for a family of four. However, Morgan City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Morgan City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Morgan City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morgan City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Morgan City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.90% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Morgan City include French, Irish, German, English, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Morgan City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
