Madisonville vs Nortonville

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

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

Madisonville has the higher population (19,442 vs 949 in Nortonville). Madisonville has the higher median household income ($56,902 vs $47,946 in Nortonville). Madisonville has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $66,800 in Nortonville).

Population, income & housing

	Madisonville	Nortonville
Population	19,442	949
Median age	37.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,902	$47,946
Median home value	$152,300	$66,800
Median gross rent	$860	$821
Housing units	9,314	480
Homeownership rate	65.1%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madisonville	Nortonville
Population	18,936 → 19,442 (+2.7%)	943 → 949 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$44,720 → $56,902 (+27.2%)	$33,529 → $47,946 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $152,300 (+21.8%)	$63,400 → $66,800 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $860 (+15.3%)	$600 → $821 (+36.8%)

Madisonville

Population

18,93619,442

Median household income

$44,720$56,902

Median home value

$125,000$152,300

Median gross rent

$746$860

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)

	Madisonville	Nortonville
Under 5	6.6%	1.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	18.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	18.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.7%
75 and over	7.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madisonville	Nortonville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	86.5%
Black or African American	11.6%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madisonville	Nortonville
No high school diploma	12.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	34.5%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madisonville	Nortonville
Drove alone	85.4%	93.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madisonville	Nortonville
1-unit, detached	75.2%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Madisonville	Nortonville
Poverty rate	20.9%	19.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1975	1969