Leslie County vs Martin County

A side-by-side comparison of Leslie County and Martin County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Martin County has the higher population (11,181 vs 10,261 in Leslie County). Martin County has the higher median household income ($46,185 vs $40,176 in Leslie County). Martin County has the higher median home value ($84,900 vs $74,100 in Leslie County).

Population, income & housing

	Leslie County	Martin County
Population	10,261	11,181
Median age	42.2 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,176	$46,185
Median home value	$74,100	$84,900
Median gross rent	$520	$441
Housing units	4,913	4,847
Homeownership rate	82.6%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leslie County	Martin County
Population	10,283 → 10,261 (-0.2%)	11,648 → 11,181 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$31,627 → $40,176 (+27.0%)	$41,013 → $46,185 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $74,100 (+15.6%)	$84,300 → $84,900 (+0.7%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $520 (+0.6%)	$560 → $441 (-21.3%)

Leslie County

Population

10,28310,261

Median household income

$31,627$40,176

Median home value

$64,100$74,100

Median gross rent

$517$520

Martin County

Population

11,64811,181

Median household income

$41,013$46,185

Median home value

$84,300$84,900

Median gross rent

$560$441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leslie County	Martin County
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	16.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.1%
75 and over	7.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leslie County	Martin County
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leslie County	Martin County
No high school diploma	18.6%	26.3%
High school graduate	40.5%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leslie County	Martin County
Drove alone	86.4%	88.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leslie County	Martin County
1-unit, detached	64.4%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	38.1%

Poverty & households

	Leslie County	Martin County
Poverty rate	27.3%	29.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	36	33
Median year structure built	1983	1984