Elliott County vs Nicholas County

A side-by-side comparison of Elliott County and Nicholas County: population, income, housing, and more.

Elliott County and Nicholas County are counties in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Nicholas County has the higher population (7,655 vs 7,336 in Elliott County). Nicholas County has the higher median household income ($53,616 vs $40,074 in Elliott County). Nicholas County has the higher median home value ($119,600 vs $97,400 in Elliott County).

Population, income & housing

	Elliott County	Nicholas County
Population	7,336	7,655
Median age	44.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,074	$53,616
Median home value	$97,400	$119,600
Median gross rent	$427	$654
Housing units	3,065	3,333
Homeownership rate	83.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elliott County	Nicholas County
Population	7,510 → 7,336 (-2.3%)	7,153 → 7,655 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$32,306 → $40,074 (+24.0%)	$38,149 → $53,616 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $97,400 (+17.8%)	$85,600 → $119,600 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $427 (-34.8%)	$593 → $654 (+10.3%)

Elliott County

Population

7,5107,336

Median household income

$32,306$40,074

Median home value

$82,700$97,400

Median gross rent

$655$427

Nicholas County

Population

7,1537,655

Median household income

$38,149$53,616

Median home value

$85,600$119,600

Median gross rent

$593$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elliott County	Nicholas County
Under 5	3.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.1%
75 and over	8.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elliott County	Nicholas County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	95.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	1.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elliott County	Nicholas County
No high school diploma	25.1%	16.3%
High school graduate	49.1%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elliott County	Nicholas County
Drove alone	78.8%	82.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	4.7%
Other means	0.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elliott County	Nicholas County
1-unit, detached	62.2%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	32.4%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Elliott County	Nicholas County
Poverty rate	27.2%	18.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	37	38
Median year structure built	1988	1971