Manitou vs Nortonville

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

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

Nortonville has the higher population (949 vs 163 in Manitou). Manitou has the higher median household income ($108,802 vs $47,946 in Nortonville). Manitou has the higher median home value ($134,500 vs $66,800 in Nortonville).

Population, income & housing

	Manitou	Nortonville
Population	163	949
Median age	28.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$108,802	$47,946
Median home value	$134,500	$66,800
Median gross rent	—	$821
Housing units	53	480
Homeownership rate	71.7%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manitou	Nortonville
Population	434 → 163 (-62.4%)	943 → 949 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$81,250 → $108,802 (+33.9%)	$33,529 → $47,946 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$121,400 → $134,500 (+10.8%)	$63,400 → $66,800 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$600 → $821 (+36.8%)

Manitou

Population

434163

Median household income

$81,250$108,802

Median home value

$121,400$134,500

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)

	Manitou	Nortonville
Under 5	27.6%	1.1%
5 to 17	10.4%	21.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	25.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	28.2%	18.9%
45 to 54	2.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	5.5%	18.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.7%
75 and over	0.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manitou	Nortonville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.5%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manitou	Nortonville
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	23.8%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	45.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manitou	Nortonville
Drove alone	99.0%	93.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manitou	Nortonville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Manitou	Nortonville
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.8%
Average household size	3.08	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1952	1969