COMPARING TWO PLACES
Pine Knot vs Middlesborough
PLACE A
Pine Knot, Kentucky
VS
PLACE B
Middlesborough, Kentucky
Pine Knot is 88% smaller than Middlesborough. Middlesborough earns more, with a median household income $2,268 higher. Middlesborough has grown faster since 2000 (-9% vs -15%).
PINE KNOTMIDDLESBOROUGHDIFFERENCE
Total population1,0518,776−88% vs Middlesborough
Population density1641,189−1,024
Population growth-14.9%-9.0%−5.9 pts
Median age55.442.1+13.3
Male55.6%49.9%+5.6 pts
Female44.4%50.1%−5.6 pts
Foreign-born0.0%0.5%−0.5 pts
White, non-Hispanic88.9%88.4%+0.5 pts
Black8.2%5.8%+2.4 pts
Hispanic / Latino1.0%1.0%Even
Asian0.0%0.7%−0.7 pts
Other1.9%4.1%−2.2 pts
Median household income$28,838$31,106−$2,268
Per capita income$15,580$22,625−$7,045
Poverty rate52.9%31.0%+21.9 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4620.517−0.1
Bachelor's degree or higher1.9%18.9%−17.0 pts
Graduate degree0.0%6.8%−6.8 pts
Unemployment rate3.0%8.5%−5.5 pts
Labor force participation31.4%43.5%−12.1 pts
Median home value$111,300$99,900+$11,400
Median gross rent$291$598−$307
Owner-occupied32.4%54.6%−22.2 pts
Housing vacancy rate7.8%9.5%−1.7 pts
Rent-burdened households25.8%54.4%−28.6 pts
Average commute20.917.5+3.5
Worked from home12.1%4.2%+7.9 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.0%Even
Uninsured17.0%5.4%+11.6 pts
Population, 1990 – 2024