Nebo vs Nortonville

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

Nebo 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 223 in Nebo). Nortonville has the higher median household income ($47,946 vs $47,031 in Nebo). Nebo has the higher median home value ($109,800 vs $66,800 in Nortonville).

Population, income & housing

	Nebo	Nortonville
Population	223	949
Median age	43.5 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,031	$47,946
Median home value	$109,800	$66,800
Median gross rent	$931	$821
Housing units	98	480
Homeownership rate	71.8%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nebo	Nortonville
Population	226 → 223 (-1.3%)	943 → 949 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$72,708 → $47,031 (-35.3%)	$33,529 → $47,946 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$118,200 → $109,800 (-7.1%)	$63,400 → $66,800 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $931 (+37.1%)	$600 → $821 (+36.8%)

Nebo

Population

226223

Median household income

$72,708$47,031

Median home value

$118,200$109,800

Median gross rent

$679$931

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)

	Nebo	Nortonville
Under 5	11.2%	1.1%
5 to 17	6.7%	21.7%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	6.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	18.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	18.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.7%
75 and over	9.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nebo	Nortonville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	2.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nebo	Nortonville
No high school diploma	8.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	59.2%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nebo	Nortonville
Drove alone	94.0%	93.2%
Carpooled	3.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nebo	Nortonville
1-unit, detached	74.5%	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	25.5%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Nebo	Nortonville
Poverty rate	13.9%	19.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1972	1969