Mortons Gap vs Nebo

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

Mortons Gap and Nebo 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 223 in Nebo). Nebo has the higher median household income ($47,031 vs $38,750 in Mortons Gap). Nebo has the higher median home value ($109,800 vs $99,000 in Mortons Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Mortons Gap	Nebo
Population	746	223
Median age	45.2 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$47,031
Median home value	$99,000	$109,800
Median gross rent	$688	$931
Housing units	367	98
Homeownership rate	82.7%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mortons Gap	Nebo
Population	1,001 → 746 (-25.5%)	226 → 223 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$35,972 → $38,750 (+7.7%)	$72,708 → $47,031 (-35.3%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $99,000 (+84.0%)	$118,200 → $109,800 (-7.1%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $688 (+0.9%)	$679 → $931 (+37.1%)

Mortons Gap

Population

1,001746

Median household income

$35,972$38,750

Median home value

$53,800$99,000

Median gross rent

$682$688

Nebo

Population

226223

Median household income

$72,708$47,031

Median home value

$118,200$109,800

Median gross rent

$679$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mortons Gap	Nebo
Under 5	7.5%	11.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	6.7%
18 to 24	2.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	7.6%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	23.1%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.7%
75 and over	8.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mortons Gap	Nebo
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mortons Gap	Nebo
No high school diploma	11.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	42.9%	59.2%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mortons Gap	Nebo
Drove alone	93.4%	94.0%
Carpooled	2.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	3.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mortons Gap	Nebo
1-unit, detached	87.2%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	25.5%

Poverty & households

	Mortons Gap	Nebo
Poverty rate	20.6%	13.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1967	1972