Martin County vs Owen County

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

Martin 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.

Owen County has the higher population (11,270 vs 11,181 in Martin County). Owen County has the higher median household income ($59,706 vs $46,185 in Martin County). Owen County has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $84,900 in Martin County).

Population, income & housing

	Martin County	Owen County
Population	11,181	11,270
Median age	40.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,185	$59,706
Median home value	$84,900	$165,000
Median gross rent	$441	$775
Housing units	4,847	5,378
Homeownership rate	80.2%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martin County	Owen County
Population	11,648 → 11,181 (-4.0%)	10,796 → 11,270 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$41,013 → $46,185 (+12.6%)	$48,801 → $59,706 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $84,900 (+0.7%)	$116,100 → $165,000 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $441 (-21.3%)	$624 → $775 (+24.2%)

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

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)

	Martin County	Owen County
Under 5	4.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.3%
75 and over	6.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martin County	Owen County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	94.1%
Black or African American	7.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martin County	Owen County
No high school diploma	26.3%	15.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martin County	Owen County
Drove alone	88.3%	72.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	12.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martin County	Owen County
1-unit, detached	54.7%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	38.1%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Martin County	Owen County
Poverty rate	29.2%	17.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	33	42
Median year structure built	1984	1990