Elkhorn City vs Pikeville

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

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

Pikeville has the higher population (7,560 vs 911 in Elkhorn City). Elkhorn City has the higher median household income ($58,021 vs $39,216 in Pikeville). Pikeville has the higher median home value ($301,300 vs $105,100 in Elkhorn City).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhorn City	Pikeville
Population	911	7,560
Median age	50.8 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,021	$39,216
Median home value	$105,100	$301,300
Median gross rent	$588	$840
Housing units	485	3,497
Homeownership rate	70.7%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhorn City	Pikeville
Population	1,097 → 911 (-17.0%)	6,810 → 7,560 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$24,338 → $58,021 (+138.4%)	$32,281 → $39,216 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $105,100 (+42.0%)	$182,500 → $301,300 (+65.1%)
Median gross rent	$526 → $588 (+11.8%)	$666 → $840 (+26.1%)

Elkhorn City

Population

1,097911

Median household income

$24,338$58,021

Median home value

$74,000$105,100

Median gross rent

$526$588

Pikeville

Population

6,8107,560

Median household income

$32,281$39,216

Median home value

$182,500$301,300

Median gross rent

$666$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhorn City	Pikeville
Under 5	1.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	10.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	11.1%	15.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.6%	15.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	17.1%	9.4%
75 and over	10.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhorn City	Pikeville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhorn City	Pikeville
No high school diploma	17.5%	13.7%
High school graduate	33.0%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhorn City	Pikeville
Drove alone	74.3%	67.0%
Carpooled	21.2%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.9%
Other means	4.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhorn City	Pikeville
1-unit, detached	61.4%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	18.2%
20 or more units	2.3%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Elkhorn City	Pikeville
Poverty rate	13.2%	28.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	1976	1984