Phelps vs Pikeville

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

Phelps 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 387 in Phelps). Pikeville has the higher median household income ($39,216 vs $28,542 in Phelps). Pikeville has the higher median home value ($301,300 vs $111,600 in Phelps).

Population, income & housing

	Phelps	Pikeville
Population	387	7,560
Median age	55.6 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$28,542	$39,216
Median home value	$111,600	$301,300
Median gross rent	—	$840
Housing units	186	3,497
Homeownership rate	76.3%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	89.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phelps	Pikeville
Population	771 → 387 (-49.8%)	6,810 → 7,560 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$30,500 → $28,542 (-6.4%)	$32,281 → $39,216 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $111,600 (+30.8%)	$182,500 → $301,300 (+65.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$666 → $840 (+26.1%)

Phelps

Population

771387

Median household income

$30,500$28,542

Median home value

$85,300$111,600

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)

	Phelps	Pikeville
Under 5	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.3%
25 to 34	19.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	5.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	16.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	34.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	19.9%	9.4%
75 and over	4.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phelps	Pikeville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	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	9.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phelps	Pikeville
No high school diploma	25.8%	13.7%
High school graduate	67.4%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phelps	Pikeville
Drove alone	100.0%	67.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	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	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phelps	Pikeville
1-unit, detached	35.5%	49.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	46.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Phelps	Pikeville
Poverty rate	17.3%	28.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1992	1984