Magoffin County vs Martin County

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

Magoffin 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.

Magoffin County has the higher population (11,495 vs 11,181 in Martin County). Martin County has the higher median household income ($46,185 vs $33,632 in Magoffin County). Magoffin County has the higher median home value ($88,300 vs $84,900 in Martin County).

Population, income & housing

	Magoffin County	Martin County
Population	11,495	11,181
Median age	41.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$33,632	$46,185
Median home value	$88,300	$84,900
Median gross rent	$633	$441
Housing units	5,466	4,847
Homeownership rate	77.5%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Magoffin County	Martin County
Population	12,491 → 11,495 (-8.0%)	11,648 → 11,181 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$28,147 → $33,632 (+19.5%)	$41,013 → $46,185 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $88,300 (+32.2%)	$84,300 → $84,900 (+0.7%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $633 (+18.8%)	$560 → $441 (-21.3%)

Magoffin County

Population

12,49111,495

Median household income

$28,147$33,632

Median home value

$66,800$88,300

Median gross rent

$533$633

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)

	Magoffin County	Martin County
Under 5	6.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.1%
75 and over	6.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Magoffin County	Martin County
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Magoffin County	Martin County
No high school diploma	25.1%	26.3%
High school graduate	41.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Magoffin County	Martin County
Drove alone	79.0%	88.3%
Carpooled	15.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	4.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Magoffin County	Martin County
1-unit, detached	50.2%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	44.5%	38.1%

Poverty & households

	Magoffin County	Martin County
Poverty rate	33.4%	29.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1986	1984