Belfry vs Elkhorn City

A side-by-side comparison of Belfry and Elkhorn City: population, income, housing, and more.

Belfry and Elkhorn City are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elkhorn City has the higher population (911 vs 150 in Belfry). Belfry has the higher median household income ($145,234 vs $58,021 in Elkhorn City). Belfry has the higher median home value ($120,000 vs $105,100 in Elkhorn City).

Population, income & housing

	Belfry	Elkhorn City
Population	150	911
Median age	40.1 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$145,234	$58,021
Median home value	$120,000	$105,100
Median gross rent	—	$588
Housing units	80	485
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.6%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	46.1%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfry	Elkhorn City
Population	358 → 150 (-58.1%)	1,097 → 911 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$112,536 → $145,234 (+29.1%)	$24,338 → $58,021 (+138.4%)
Median home value	—	$74,000 → $105,100 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$526 → $588 (+11.8%)

Belfry

Population

358150

Median household income

$112,536$145,234

Elkhorn City

Population

1,097911

Median household income

$24,338$58,021

Median home value

$74,000$105,100

Median gross rent

$526$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belfry	Elkhorn City
Under 5	6.7%	1.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.8%
18 to 24	27.3%	11.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	32.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	17.1%
75 and over	21.3%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfry	Elkhorn City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfry	Elkhorn City
No high school diploma	32.3%	17.5%
High school graduate	10.1%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfry	Elkhorn City
Drove alone	43.8%	74.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	56.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfry	Elkhorn City
1-unit, detached	66.3%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	33.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Belfry	Elkhorn City
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.2%
Average household size	1.88	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1979	1976