Freeburn vs Phelps

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

Freeburn 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 146 in Freeburn). Since 2019, Phelps's population has grown faster (-49.8% vs -58.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Freeburn	Phelps
Population	146	387
Median age	23.4 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$28,542
Median home value	—	$111,600
Housing units	78	186
Homeownership rate	26.2%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	89.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freeburn	Phelps
Population	354 → 146 (-58.8%)	771 → 387 (-49.8%)
Median household income	$21,136 → $20,778 (-1.7%)	$30,500 → $28,542 (-6.4%)
Median home value	—	$85,300 → $111,600 (+30.8%)

Freeburn

Population

354146

Median household income

$21,136$20,778

Phelps

Population

771387

Median household income

$30,500$28,542

Median home value

$85,300$111,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freeburn	Phelps
Under 5	20.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	42.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	19.1%
35 to 44	7.5%	5.9%
45 to 54	8.2%	16.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	34.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	19.9%
75 and over	0.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freeburn	Phelps
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	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	63.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freeburn	Phelps
No high school diploma	0.0%	25.8%
High school graduate	100.0%	67.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freeburn	Phelps
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freeburn	Phelps
1-unit, detached	0.0%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	39.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	46.2%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	46.8%

Poverty & households

	Freeburn	Phelps
Poverty rate	37.0%	17.3%
Average household size	3.48	2.08
Median year structure built	1997	1992