Magoffin County vs Owen County

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

Magoffin County and Owen 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 11,270 in Owen County). Owen County has the higher median household income ($59,706 vs $33,632 in Magoffin County). Owen County has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $88,300 in Magoffin County).

Population, income & housing

	Magoffin County	Owen County
Population	11,495	11,270
Median age	41.9 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,632	$59,706
Median home value	$88,300	$165,000
Median gross rent	$633	$775
Housing units	5,466	5,378
Homeownership rate	77.5%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Magoffin County	Owen County
Population	12,491 → 11,495 (-8.0%)	10,796 → 11,270 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$28,147 → $33,632 (+19.5%)	$48,801 → $59,706 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $88,300 (+32.2%)	$116,100 → $165,000 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $633 (+18.8%)	$624 → $775 (+24.2%)

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

Owen County

Population

10,79611,270

Median household income

$48,801$59,706

Median home value

$116,100$165,000

Median gross rent

$624$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Magoffin County	Owen County
Under 5	6.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.3%
75 and over	6.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Magoffin County	Owen County
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Magoffin County	Owen County
No high school diploma	25.1%	15.9%
High school graduate	41.6%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Magoffin County	Owen County
Drove alone	79.0%	72.3%
Carpooled	15.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	2.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	11.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Magoffin County	Owen County
1-unit, detached	50.2%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	44.5%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Magoffin County	Owen County
Poverty rate	33.4%	17.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	32	42
Median year structure built	1986	1990