Martin County vs Monroe County

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

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

Monroe County has the higher population (11,318 vs 11,181 in Martin County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($49,430 vs $46,185 in Martin County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($116,300 vs $84,900 in Martin County).

Population, income & housing

	Martin County	Monroe County
Population	11,181	11,318
Median age	40.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,185	$49,430
Median home value	$84,900	$116,300
Median gross rent	$441	$629
Housing units	4,847	5,240
Homeownership rate	80.2%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martin County	Monroe County
Population	11,648 → 11,181 (-4.0%)	10,627 → 11,318 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$41,013 → $46,185 (+12.6%)	$34,879 → $49,430 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $84,900 (+0.7%)	$80,500 → $116,300 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $441 (-21.3%)	$523 → $629 (+20.3%)

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

Monroe County

Population

10,62711,318

Median household income

$34,879$49,430

Median home value

$80,500$116,300

Median gross rent

$523$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Martin County	Monroe County
Under 5	4.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.8%
75 and over	6.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martin County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	91.6%
Black or African American	7.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martin County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	26.3%	17.6%
High school graduate	38.0%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martin County	Monroe County
Drove alone	88.3%	81.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martin County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	54.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	38.1%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Martin County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	29.2%	22.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1984	1977