Millstone vs Payne Gap

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

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

Millstone has the higher population (617 vs 217 in Payne Gap). Since 2019, Millstone's population has grown faster (+258.7% vs -23.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Millstone	Payne Gap
Population	617	217
Median age	34.9 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,325	—
Housing units	181	195
Homeownership rate	42.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	35.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millstone	Payne Gap
Population	172 → 617 (+258.7%)	282 → 217 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$38,040 → $40,325 (+6.0%)	$32,143 → $31,042 (-3.4%)

Millstone

Population

172617

Median household income

$38,040$40,325

Payne Gap

Population

282217

Median household income

$32,143$31,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Millstone	Payne Gap
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.0%	3.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	27.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	34.1%
45 to 54	17.8%	37.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	2.9%	9.2%
75 and over	16.7%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millstone	Payne Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millstone	Payne Gap
No high school diploma	58.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.0%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	5.5%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millstone	Payne Gap
Drove alone	100.0%	65.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	34.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Millstone	Payne Gap
1-unit, detached	100.0%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	43.1%

Poverty & households

	Millstone	Payne Gap
Poverty rate	42.1%	28.1%
Average household size	3.41	1.57
Median year structure built	1938	1991