Earlington vs Mortons Gap

A side-by-side comparison of Earlington and Mortons Gap: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Earlington has the higher population (1,113 vs 746 in Mortons Gap). Mortons Gap has the higher median household income ($38,750 vs $34,904 in Earlington). Mortons Gap has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $64,400 in Earlington).

Population, income & housing

	Earlington	Mortons Gap
Population	1,113	746
Median age	32.7 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$34,904	$38,750
Median home value	$64,400	$99,000
Median gross rent	$780	$688
Housing units	622	367
Homeownership rate	67.0%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlington	Mortons Gap
Population	1,427 → 1,113 (-22.0%)	1,001 → 746 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$41,429 → $34,904 (-15.7%)	$35,972 → $38,750 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $64,400 (+21.5%)	$53,800 → $99,000 (+84.0%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $780 (+4.4%)	$682 → $688 (+0.9%)

Earlington

Population

1,4271,113

Median household income

$41,429$34,904

Median home value

$53,000$64,400

Median gross rent

$747$780

Mortons Gap

Population

1,001746

Median household income

$35,972$38,750

Median home value

$53,800$99,000

Median gross rent

$682$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlington	Mortons Gap
Under 5	5.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	22.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	2.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	23.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.5%
75 and over	2.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlington	Mortons Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	97.2%
Black or African American	24.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlington	Mortons Gap
No high school diploma	15.7%	11.4%
High school graduate	43.6%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlington	Mortons Gap
Drove alone	91.3%	93.4%
Carpooled	1.8%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlington	Mortons Gap
1-unit, detached	85.4%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Earlington	Mortons Gap
Poverty rate	39.4%	20.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1954	1967