Phelps vs Virgie

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

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

Virgie has the higher population (412 vs 387 in Phelps). Phelps has the higher median home value ($111,600 vs $86,400 in Virgie). Since 2019, Virgie's population has grown faster (+91.6% vs -49.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Phelps	Virgie
Population	387	412
Median age	55.6 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$28,542	—
Median home value	$111,600	$86,400
Housing units	186	101
Homeownership rate	76.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	8.9%
Unemployment rate	89.2%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phelps	Virgie
Population	771 → 387 (-49.8%)	215 → 412 (+91.6%)
Median household income	$30,500 → $28,542 (-6.4%)	$37,574 → $36,333 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $111,600 (+30.8%)	$55,700 → $86,400 (+55.1%)

Phelps

Population

771387

Median household income

$30,500$28,542

Median home value

$85,300$111,600

Virgie

Population

215412

Median household income

$37,574$36,333

Median home value

$55,700$86,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Phelps	Virgie
Under 5	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.0%
25 to 34	19.1%	19.9%
35 to 44	5.9%	4.6%
45 to 54	16.3%	4.6%
55 to 64	34.4%	26.2%
65 to 74	19.9%	7.5%
75 and over	4.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phelps	Virgie
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	100.0%
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	9.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phelps	Virgie
No high school diploma	25.8%	49.4%
High school graduate	67.4%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phelps	Virgie
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)

	Phelps	Virgie
1-unit, detached	35.5%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.8%	22.8%

Poverty & households

	Phelps	Virgie
Poverty rate	17.3%	38.3%
Average household size	2.08	4.08
Median year structure built	1992	1979