Elk Creek vs Taylorsville

A side-by-side comparison of Elk Creek and Taylorsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elk Creek has the higher population (2,344 vs 1,566 in Taylorsville). Elk Creek has the higher median household income ($127,487 vs $41,917 in Taylorsville). Elk Creek has the higher median home value ($358,600 vs $148,500 in Taylorsville).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Creek	Taylorsville
Population	2,344	1,566
Median age	38.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$127,487	$41,917
Median home value	$358,600	$148,500
Median gross rent	—	$804
Housing units	713	603
Homeownership rate	98.9%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Creek	Taylorsville
Population	1,654 → 2,344 (+41.7%)	1,618 → 1,566 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$105,000 → $127,487 (+21.4%)	$33,793 → $41,917 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$251,100 → $358,600 (+42.8%)	$177,600 → $148,500 (-16.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$609 → $804 (+32.0%)

Elk Creek

Population

1,6542,344

Median household income

$105,000$127,487

Median home value

$251,100$358,600

Taylorsville

Population

1,6181,566

Median household income

$33,793$41,917

Median home value

$177,600$148,500

Median gross rent

$609$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk Creek	Taylorsville
Under 5	6.3%	13.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	17.7%	7.4%
45 to 54	15.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.9%
75 and over	2.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Creek	Taylorsville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Creek	Taylorsville
No high school diploma	6.3%	19.3%
High school graduate	23.9%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Creek	Taylorsville
Drove alone	81.3%	78.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	14.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Creek	Taylorsville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	46.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	25.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Elk Creek	Taylorsville
Poverty rate	5.9%	22.3%
Average household size	3.29	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	2004	1976