Earlington vs Nortonville

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

Earlington and Nortonville 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 949 in Nortonville). Nortonville has the higher median household income ($47,946 vs $34,904 in Earlington). Nortonville has the higher median home value ($66,800 vs $64,400 in Earlington).

Population, income & housing

	Earlington	Nortonville
Population	1,113	949
Median age	32.7 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$34,904	$47,946
Median home value	$64,400	$66,800
Median gross rent	$780	$821
Housing units	622	480
Homeownership rate	67.0%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlington	Nortonville
Population	1,427 → 1,113 (-22.0%)	943 → 949 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$41,429 → $34,904 (-15.7%)	$33,529 → $47,946 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $64,400 (+21.5%)	$63,400 → $66,800 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $780 (+4.4%)	$600 → $821 (+36.8%)

Earlington

Population

1,4271,113

Median household income

$41,429$34,904

Median home value

$53,000$64,400

Median gross rent

$747$780

Nortonville

Population

943949

Median household income

$33,529$47,946

Median home value

$63,400$66,800

Median gross rent

$600$821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlington	Nortonville
Under 5	5.1%	1.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	21.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	18.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.7%
75 and over	2.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlington	Nortonville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	86.5%
Black or African American	24.0%	10.5%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlington	Nortonville
No high school diploma	15.7%	11.4%
High school graduate	43.6%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlington	Nortonville
Drove alone	91.3%	93.2%
Carpooled	1.8%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlington	Nortonville
1-unit, detached	85.4%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Earlington	Nortonville
Poverty rate	39.4%	19.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1954	1969