Knott County vs Morgan County

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

Knott 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.

Knott County has the higher population (14,046 vs 13,938 in Morgan County). Morgan County has the higher median household income ($47,493 vs $37,736 in Knott County). Morgan County has the higher median home value ($106,000 vs $74,600 in Knott County).

Population, income & housing

	Knott County	Morgan County
Population	14,046	13,938
Median age	44.4 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,736	$47,493
Median home value	$74,600	$106,000
Median gross rent	$731	$670
Housing units	6,695	5,650
Homeownership rate	70.8%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knott County	Morgan County
Population	15,260 → 14,046 (-8.0%)	13,288 → 13,938 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$31,198 → $37,736 (+21.0%)	$36,134 → $47,493 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$51,500 → $74,600 (+44.9%)	$73,100 → $106,000 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$504 → $731 (+45.0%)	$553 → $670 (+21.2%)

Knott County

Population

15,26014,046

Median household income

$31,198$37,736

Median home value

$51,500$74,600

Median gross rent

$504$731

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)

	Knott County	Morgan County
Under 5	4.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.6%
75 and over	7.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knott County	Morgan County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	89.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	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	0.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knott County	Morgan County
No high school diploma	27.2%	18.9%
High school graduate	28.7%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knott County	Morgan County
Drove alone	74.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	11.7%
Public transit	0.4%	1.2%
Walked	4.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	6.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knott County	Morgan County
1-unit, detached	63.1%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	32.6%	35.4%

Poverty & households

	Knott County	Morgan County
Poverty rate	25.9%	18.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1982	1990