Mortons Gap vs Nortonville

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

Mortons Gap 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 746 in Mortons Gap). Nortonville has the higher median household income ($47,946 vs $38,750 in Mortons Gap). Mortons Gap has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $66,800 in Nortonville).

Population, income & housing

	Mortons Gap	Nortonville
Population	746	949
Median age	45.2 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$47,946
Median home value	$99,000	$66,800
Median gross rent	$688	$821
Housing units	367	480
Homeownership rate	82.7%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mortons Gap	Nortonville
Population	1,001 → 746 (-25.5%)	943 → 949 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$35,972 → $38,750 (+7.7%)	$33,529 → $47,946 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $99,000 (+84.0%)	$63,400 → $66,800 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $688 (+0.9%)	$600 → $821 (+36.8%)

Mortons Gap

Population

1,001746

Median household income

$35,972$38,750

Median home value

$53,800$99,000

Median gross rent

$682$688

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)

	Mortons Gap	Nortonville
Under 5	7.5%	1.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	21.7%
18 to 24	2.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	6.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	18.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	23.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.7%
75 and over	8.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mortons Gap	Nortonville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	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	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mortons Gap	Nortonville
No high school diploma	11.4%	11.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mortons Gap	Nortonville
Drove alone	93.4%	93.2%
Carpooled	2.4%	3.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	3.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mortons Gap	Nortonville
1-unit, detached	87.2%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Mortons Gap	Nortonville
Poverty rate	20.6%	19.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1967	1969