Blackey vs Payne Gap

A side-by-side comparison of Blackey and Payne Gap: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Payne Gap has the higher population (217 vs 108 in Blackey). Since 2019, Blackey's population has grown faster (+3.8% vs -23.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Blackey	Payne Gap
Population	108	217
Median age	52.5 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median home value	$91,300	—
Housing units	59	195
Homeownership rate	70.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	35.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackey	Payne Gap
Population	104 → 108 (+3.8%)	282 → 217 (-23.0%)
Median household income	—	$32,143 → $31,042 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$54,700 → $91,300 (+66.9%)	—

Blackey

Population

104108

Median home value

$54,700$91,300

Payne Gap

Population

282217

Median household income

$32,143$31,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackey	Payne Gap
Under 5	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.9%	3.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	34.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	37.3%
55 to 64	20.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	23.1%	9.2%
75 and over	4.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackey	Payne Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	71.9%
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	28.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackey	Payne Gap
No high school diploma	10.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.3%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackey	Payne Gap
Drove alone	68.4%	65.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	34.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	26.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackey	Payne Gap
1-unit, detached	81.4%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	43.1%

Poverty & households

	Blackey	Payne Gap
Poverty rate	51.9%	28.1%
Average household size	1.86	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1948	1991