Fleming-Neon vs Payne Gap

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

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

Fleming-Neon has the higher population (555 vs 217 in Payne Gap). Since 2019, Fleming-Neon's population has grown faster (+3.4% vs -23.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fleming-Neon	Payne Gap
Population	555	217
Median age	34.0 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,969	—
Median home value	$52,700	—
Median gross rent	$693	—
Housing units	306	195
Homeownership rate	88.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	35.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fleming-Neon	Payne Gap
Population	537 → 555 (+3.4%)	282 → 217 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$25,694 → $37,969 (+47.8%)	$32,143 → $31,042 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$36,500 → $52,700 (+44.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$363 → $693 (+90.9%)	—

Fleming-Neon

Population

537555

Median household income

$25,694$37,969

Median home value

$36,500$52,700

Median gross rent

$363$693

Payne Gap

Population

282217

Median household income

$32,143$31,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fleming-Neon	Payne Gap
Under 5	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	3.7%
18 to 24	3.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.3%	34.1%
45 to 54	22.9%	37.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.1%	9.2%
75 and over	5.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fleming-Neon	Payne Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	71.9%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	28.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fleming-Neon	Payne Gap
No high school diploma	14.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fleming-Neon	Payne Gap
Drove alone	78.3%	65.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	34.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fleming-Neon	Payne Gap
1-unit, detached	62.4%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	43.1%

Poverty & households

	Fleming-Neon	Payne Gap
Poverty rate	14.9%	28.1%
Average household size	2.42	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1969	1991