Best PlacesMorganfield, KY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Morganfield, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Morganfield ranks 37,248th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Morganfield
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Morganfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Morganfield ranks high
- Short commute18.9 minutes each way, better than 91% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of towns
- Cheap childcare$629 a month, better than 76% of towns
- BikingBetter than 73% of towns
Where Morganfield ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 50 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 12% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 16% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Morganfield
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morganfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,215, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Morganfield's effective rate of 0.81%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Morganfield
Morganfield runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Morganfield.
Who works in Morganfield, and how
Work in Morganfield centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Morganfield
Morganfield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Morganfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Morganfield, month by month
Morganfield sees roughly 50 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Morganfield
The nearest airport, Evansville Regional, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 127 miles away.
The best schools in and around Morganfield
Schools across Morganfield average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clay Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Dixon Elementary SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Sturgis Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Webster County Middle SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Union County Middle SchoolD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Union County High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Webster County High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morganfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morganfield measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Morganfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Morganfield
Is Morganfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morganfield ranks 37,248th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on the weather and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morganfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $112,769. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $63,215 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Morganfield safe?
Morganfield is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $366 per resident a year.
Compare Morganfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morganfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morganfield represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Morganfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morganfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morganfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morganfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morganfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morganfield detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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