McCarr vs Phelps

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

McCarr 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 260 in McCarr). McCarr has the higher median household income ($37,043 vs $28,542 in Phelps). Since 2019, McCarr's population has grown faster (+213.3% vs -49.8%).

Population, income & housing

	McCarr	Phelps
Population	260	387
Median age	35.5 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,043	$28,542
Median home value	—	$111,600
Housing units	99	186
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	89.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McCarr	Phelps
Population	83 → 260 (+213.3%)	771 → 387 (-49.8%)
Median household income	$31,274 → $37,043 (+18.4%)	$30,500 → $28,542 (-6.4%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $34,000 (-64.7%)	$85,300 → $111,600 (+30.8%)

McCarr

Population

83260

Median household income

$31,274$37,043

Median home value

$96,300$34,000

Phelps

Population

771387

Median household income

$30,500$28,542

Median home value

$85,300$111,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McCarr	Phelps
Under 5	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	35.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.5%	19.1%
35 to 44	19.2%	5.9%
45 to 54	24.2%	16.3%
55 to 64	8.8%	34.4%
65 to 74	5.4%	19.9%
75 and over	0.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McCarr	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+

	McCarr	Phelps
No high school diploma	26.4%	25.8%
High school graduate	64.8%	67.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McCarr	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)

	McCarr	Phelps
1-unit, detached	49.5%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	50.5%	46.8%

Poverty & households

	McCarr	Phelps
Poverty rate	12.7%	17.3%
Average household size	3.06	2.08
Median year structure built	1980	1992