Belfry vs Phelps

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

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

Phelps has the higher population (387 vs 150 in Belfry). Belfry has the higher median household income ($145,234 vs $28,542 in Phelps). Belfry has the higher median home value ($120,000 vs $111,600 in Phelps).

Population, income & housing

	Belfry	Phelps
Population	150	387
Median age	40.1 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$145,234	$28,542
Median home value	$120,000	$111,600
Housing units	80	186
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.6%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	46.1%	89.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfry	Phelps
Population	358 → 150 (-58.1%)	771 → 387 (-49.8%)
Median household income	$112,536 → $145,234 (+29.1%)	$30,500 → $28,542 (-6.4%)
Median home value	—	$85,300 → $111,600 (+30.8%)

Belfry

Population

358150

Median household income

$112,536$145,234

Phelps

Population

771387

Median household income

$30,500$28,542

Median home value

$85,300$111,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belfry	Phelps
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	27.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	19.1%
35 to 44	32.0%	5.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	34.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	19.9%
75 and over	21.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfry	Phelps
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.2%
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%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfry	Phelps
No high school diploma	32.3%	25.8%
High school graduate	10.1%	67.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfry	Phelps
Drove alone	43.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfry	Phelps
1-unit, detached	66.3%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	33.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	46.8%

Poverty & households

	Belfry	Phelps
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.3%
Average household size	1.88	2.08
Median year structure built	1979	1992