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Elkhorn City, KY

846 Population
7.8 square miles 108 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.3 ±4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 43.1 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,850 ±$3,689 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: $26,419 ±$1,026
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,000 ±$15,496 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: $43,214 ±$2,659
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.8% ±10.1% (159  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 25.8% 23,135 (±1.8% / ±1,593)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21 minutes ±6.2 (5,700  ±2,585) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 26 742,790 (±1.6 / ±52,197)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

382 ±109 Number of households
  • the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 38,984 ±624
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.8 (764  ±206) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 2.3 89,729 (±0 / ±102)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

523 ±129 Number of housing units
  • the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 46,549 ±65
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$116,700 ±$33,963 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: $106,500 ±$6,505
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±5.1% (70  ±46) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 9.1% † 8,289 (±1.1% / ±1,007.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.4% ±29% (607  ±131.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 82.1% 53,918 (±2.5% / ±1,619.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25% ±8.1% (180  ±75.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 16.9% 11,066 (±1.2% / ±759.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

12.5% ±7% (97  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Pikeville, KY Micro Area: 4.5% † 3,242 (±0.6% / ±437)
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
97 Total veterans ±59 85 Male ±58 12 Female ±19

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