Breathitt County vs Morgan County

A side-by-side comparison of Breathitt County and Morgan County: population, income, housing, and more.

Breathitt County and Morgan County are counties in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Morgan County has the higher population (13,938 vs 13,438 in Breathitt County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($47,493 vs $41,101 in Breathitt County). Morgan County has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $61,800 in Breathitt County).

Population, income & housing

	Breathitt County	Morgan County
Population	13,438	13,938
Median age	43.0 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,101	$47,493
Median home value	$61,800	$106,000
Median gross rent	$543	$670
Housing units	6,559	5,650
Homeownership rate	74.3%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breathitt County	Morgan County
Population	12,977 → 13,438 (+3.6%)	13,288 → 13,938 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$27,344 → $41,101 (+50.3%)	$36,134 → $47,493 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$54,000 → $61,800 (+14.4%)	$73,100 → $106,000 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $543 (+11.3%)	$553 → $670 (+21.2%)

Breathitt County

Population

12,97713,438

Median household income

$27,344$41,101

Median home value

$54,000$61,800

Median gross rent

$488$543

Morgan County

Population

13,28813,938

Median household income

$36,134$47,493

Median home value

$73,100$106,000

Median gross rent

$553$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breathitt County	Morgan County
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.6%
75 and over	6.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breathitt County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breathitt County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	19.4%	18.9%
High school graduate	40.9%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breathitt County	Morgan County
Drove alone	77.8%	79.9%
Carpooled	13.6%	11.7%
Public transit	0.1%	1.2%
Walked	3.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breathitt County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	50.4%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	41.7%	35.4%

Poverty & households

	Breathitt County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	28.2%	18.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1989	1990