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Mortons Gap, KY

650 Population
1.2 square miles 548.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±17.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Madisonville, KY Micro Area: 41.3 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,267 ±$5,619 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Madisonville, KY Micro Area: $29,287 ±$1,310
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in the Madisonville, KY Micro Area: $56,815 ±$3,927
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.6% ±17.4% (160  ±131) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Madisonville, KY Micro Area: 20% † 8,748 (±2.6% / ±1,123)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.9 minutes ±13.7 (2,995  ±1,555) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Madisonville, KY Micro Area: 21.3 364,295 (±0.9 / ±21,103)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

273 ±87 Number of households
  • the Madisonville, KY Micro Area: 18,397 ±413
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.6 (650  ±271) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Madisonville, KY Micro Area: 2.4 44,196 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about the same as the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

327 ±97 Number of housing units
  • the Madisonville, KY Micro Area: 21,001 ±37
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,800 ±$22,576 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Madisonville, KY Micro Area: $142,800 ±$10,539
  • about half the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.2% ±6.5% (40  ±45.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Madisonville, KY Micro Area: 13% † 5,814 (±1.9% / ±852.7)
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.6% ±43.6% (432  ±129.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Madisonville, KY Micro Area: 88.3% 27,711 (±3.5% / ±1,098.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
5.8% ±7.2% (29  ±37.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Madisonville, KY Micro Area: 16.9% 5,308 (±1.6% / ±502.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

8% ±6.8% (41  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Madisonville, KY Micro Area: 5.2% † 1,801 (±0.7% / ±243)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
41 Total veterans ±39 41 Male ±39 N/A Female ±13

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