Elkhorn City vs Phelps

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

Elkhorn City and Phelps 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 387 in Phelps). Elkhorn City has the higher median household income ($58,021 vs $28,542 in Phelps). Phelps has the higher median home value ($111,600 vs $105,100 in Elkhorn City).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhorn City	Phelps
Population	911	387
Median age	50.8 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,021	$28,542
Median home value	$105,100	$111,600
Median gross rent	$588	—
Housing units	485	186
Homeownership rate	70.7%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	89.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhorn City	Phelps
Population	1,097 → 911 (-17.0%)	771 → 387 (-49.8%)
Median household income	$24,338 → $58,021 (+138.4%)	$30,500 → $28,542 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $105,100 (+42.0%)	$85,300 → $111,600 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$526 → $588 (+11.8%)	—

Elkhorn City

Population

1,097911

Median household income

$24,338$58,021

Median home value

$74,000$105,100

Median gross rent

$526$588

Phelps

Population

771387

Median household income

$30,500$28,542

Median home value

$85,300$111,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhorn City	Phelps
Under 5	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	19.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	5.9%
45 to 54	15.6%	16.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	34.4%
65 to 74	17.1%	19.9%
75 and over	10.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhorn City	Phelps
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	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	2.0%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhorn City	Phelps
No high school diploma	17.5%	25.8%
High school graduate	33.0%	67.4%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhorn City	Phelps
Drove alone	74.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	21.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhorn City	Phelps
1-unit, detached	61.4%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	46.8%

Poverty & households

	Elkhorn City	Phelps
Poverty rate	13.2%	17.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1976	1992