Mortons Gap vs White Plains

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

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

White Plains has the higher population (1,007 vs 746 in Mortons Gap). Mortons Gap has the higher median household income ($38,750 vs $36,800 in White Plains). Mortons Gap has the higher median home value ($99,000 vs $84,100 in White Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Mortons Gap	White Plains
Population	746	1,007
Median age	45.2 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$36,800
Median home value	$99,000	$84,100
Median gross rent	$688	$850
Housing units	367	461
Homeownership rate	82.7%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mortons Gap	White Plains
Population	1,001 → 746 (-25.5%)	938 → 1,007 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$35,972 → $38,750 (+7.7%)	$48,073 → $36,800 (-23.4%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $99,000 (+84.0%)	$85,700 → $84,100 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $688 (+0.9%)	$619 → $850 (+37.3%)

Mortons Gap

Population

1,001746

Median household income

$35,972$38,750

Median home value

$53,800$99,000

Median gross rent

$682$688

White Plains

Population

9381,007

Median household income

$48,073$36,800

Median home value

$85,700$84,100

Median gross rent

$619$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mortons Gap	White Plains
Under 5	7.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	2.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	16.0%
55 to 64	23.1%	6.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	19.9%
75 and over	8.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mortons Gap	White Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	97.8%
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%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mortons Gap	White Plains
No high school diploma	11.4%	16.5%
High school graduate	42.9%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mortons Gap	White Plains
Drove alone	93.4%	90.3%
Carpooled	2.4%	6.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	3.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mortons Gap	White Plains
1-unit, detached	87.2%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	31.2%

Poverty & households

	Mortons Gap	White Plains
Poverty rate	20.6%	24.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1967	1981