Estill County vs Morgan County

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

Estill 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.

Estill County has the higher population (14,079 vs 13,938 in Morgan County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($47,493 vs $43,905 in Estill County). Estill County has the higher median home value ($111,900 vs $106,000 in Morgan County).

Population, income & housing

	Estill County	Morgan County
Population	14,079	13,938
Median age	44.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,905	$47,493
Median home value	$111,900	$106,000
Median gross rent	$689	$670
Housing units	6,847	5,650
Homeownership rate	72.4%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estill County	Morgan County
Population	14,224 → 14,079 (-1.0%)	13,288 → 13,938 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$31,688 → $43,905 (+38.6%)	$36,134 → $47,493 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $111,900 (+45.7%)	$73,100 → $106,000 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $689 (+20.0%)	$553 → $670 (+21.2%)

Estill County

Population

14,22414,079

Median household income

$31,688$43,905

Median home value

$76,800$111,900

Median gross rent

$574$689

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)

	Estill County	Morgan County
Under 5	5.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.6%
75 and over	7.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estill County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estill County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	21.9%	18.9%
High school graduate	45.1%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estill County	Morgan County
Drove alone	73.8%	79.9%
Carpooled	17.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.1%	1.2%
Walked	4.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estill County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	65.4%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	35.4%

Poverty & households

	Estill County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	22.0%	18.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1980	1990