Manitou vs Mortons Gap

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

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

Mortons Gap has the higher population (746 vs 163 in Manitou). Manitou has the higher median household income ($108,802 vs $38,750 in Mortons Gap). Manitou has the higher median home value ($134,500 vs $99,000 in Mortons Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Manitou	Mortons Gap
Population	163	746
Median age	28.8 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$108,802	$38,750
Median home value	$134,500	$99,000
Median gross rent	—	$688
Housing units	53	367
Homeownership rate	71.7%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manitou	Mortons Gap
Population	434 → 163 (-62.4%)	1,001 → 746 (-25.5%)
Median household income	$81,250 → $108,802 (+33.9%)	$35,972 → $38,750 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$121,400 → $134,500 (+10.8%)	$53,800 → $99,000 (+84.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$682 → $688 (+0.9%)

Manitou

Population

434163

Median household income

$81,250$108,802

Median home value

$121,400$134,500

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)

	Manitou	Mortons Gap
Under 5	27.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	10.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.0%
25 to 34	25.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	28.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	2.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	5.5%	23.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.5%
75 and over	0.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manitou	Mortons Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manitou	Mortons Gap
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	23.8%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	45.5%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manitou	Mortons Gap
Drove alone	99.0%	93.4%
Carpooled	1.0%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manitou	Mortons Gap
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Manitou	Mortons Gap
Poverty rate	0.0%	20.6%
Average household size	3.08	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1952	1967