Allen vs Martin

A side-by-side comparison of Allen and Martin: population, income, housing, and more.

Allen and Martin are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Martin has the higher population (412 vs 157 in Allen). Allen has the higher median household income ($33,036 vs $22,569 in Martin). Since 2019, Martin's population has grown faster (-7.6% vs -21.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Martin
Population	157	412
Median age	22.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,036	$22,569
Median home value	—	$72,700
Median gross rent	$944	$350
Housing units	103	289
Homeownership rate	68.9%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	32.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Martin
Population	201 → 157 (-21.9%)	446 → 412 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$16,964 → $33,036 (+94.7%)	$20,000 → $22,569 (+12.8%)
Median home value	—	$80,600 → $72,700 (-9.8%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $944 (+8.9%)	$482 → $350 (-27.4%)

Allen

Population

201157

Median household income

$16,964$33,036

Median gross rent

$867$944

Martin

Population

446412

Median household income

$20,000$22,569

Median home value

$80,600$72,700

Median gross rent

$482$350

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Martin
Under 5	17.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.4%
18 to 24	14.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	1.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	26.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	7.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	5.7%	20.6%
65 to 74	2.5%	3.6%
75 and over	7.0%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Martin
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Martin
No high school diploma	6.4%	36.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Martin
Drove alone	84.4%	94.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Martin
1-unit, detached	83.5%	36.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	33.2%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	13.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Martin
Poverty rate	18.4%	44.6%
Average household size	2.12	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1960	1974