Phelps, Kentucky

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Population (year 2000): 1,053

Males: 530	(50.3%)
Females: 523	(49.7%)

Pike County

Median resident age:	37.3 years
Kentucky median age:	35.9 years

Zip codes: 41553.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $27,100 (it was $23,125 in 2000)

Phelps	$27,100
Kentucky:	$37,369

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $46,600 (it was $52,900 in 2000)

Phelps	$46,600
Kentucky:	$103,900

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Races in Phelps:

White Non-Hispanic (99.0%)
Two or more races (0.7%)

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Ancestries: United States (35.1%), English (11.6%), Irish (5.7%), Scottish (2.3%), German (2.1%), Scotch-Irish (1.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 839 feet

Land area: 8.93 square miles.

Population density: 118 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Phelps

High school or higher: 62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.7%
Unemployed: 12.1%
Mean travel time to work: 25.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Phelps CDP

Never married: 18.1%
Now married: 60.6%
Separated: 0.8%
Widowed: 9.0%
Divorced: 11.5%

0 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.0%
Kentucky:	2.0%

According to our research there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Phelps, Kentucky in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Phelps to the number of sex offenders is 351 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Phelps:	0.4% ($238)
Kentucky:	0.7% ($610)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Huntington, WV (65.1 miles , pop. 51,475).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (164.7 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (483.4 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: McCarr, KY (4.5 miles ), Matewan, WV (7.6 miles ), Red Jacket, WV (9.3 miles ), South Williamson, KY (10.1 miles ), Fedscreek, KY (10.6 miles ), Delbarton, WV (13.6 miles ), Williamson, WV (14.0 miles ), Chattaroy, WV (15.8 miles ).

Latitude: 37.51 N, Longitude: 82.15 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 606

Most common industries for males:

Mining (36%)
Construction (17%)
Educational services (9%)
Drugs and druggists' sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers (8%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
Repair and maintenance (7%)
Rail transportation (6%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (31%)
Food and beverage stores (18%)
Personal and laundry services (14%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
Apparel (7%)
Health care (7%)
Food (6%)

Most common occupations for males

Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (16%)
Extraction workers (13%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Top executives (8%)
Other protective service workers including supervisors (7%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)

Most common occupations for females

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (16%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (15%)
Personal appearance workers (14%)
Secondary school teachers (9%)
Cashiers (8%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
Other healthcare support occupations (7%)

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Average climate in Phelps, Kentucky

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Hospitals/medical centers near Phelps:

WILLIAMSON ARH HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; SOUTH WILLIAMSON, KY)
WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; WILLIAMSON, WV)
BUCHANAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; GRUNDY, VA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Phelps:

TRI-STATE/MILTON J. FERGUSON FIELD (about 65 miles; HUNTINGTON, WV; ID: HTS)
YEAGER (about 71 miles; CHARLESTON, WV; ID: CRW)
TRI-CITIES RGNL TN/VA (about 74 miles; BRISTOL/JOHNSON/KINGSPORT, TN; ID: TRI)

Other public-use airports nearest to Phelps:

MINGO COUNTY (about 14 miles; WILLIAMSON, WV; ID: 4I0)
GRUNDY MUNI (about 21 miles; GRUNDY, VA; ID: GDY)
PIKE COUNTY-HATCHER FIELD (about 28 miles; PIKEVILLE, KY; ID: PBX)

College/University in Phelps:

PHELPS AREA TECHNOLOGY CENTER (Location: 11500 PHELPS 632 RD; Public)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Phelps:

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 38 miles; RICHLANDS, VA; Full-time enrollment: 2,412)
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY (about 66 miles; HUNTINGTON, WV; FT enrollment: 12,361)
WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE (about 67 miles; INSTITUTE, WV; FT enrollment: 3,688)
BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE (about 68 miles; BLUEFIELD, WV; FT enrollment: 2,096)
NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 70 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,729)
CONCORD COLLEGE (about 80 miles; ATHENS, WV; FT enrollment: 2,723)
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 94 miles; BOONE, NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)

Public high schools in Phelps:

PHELPS HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 418; Location: 11580 HIGHWAY 632; Grades: 07 - 12)
PHELPS DAY TREATMENT CENTER ALT SCH (Students: 24; Location: 11636 PHELPS 632 RD.; Grades: 07 - 12)

Public elementary/middle school in Phelps:

PHELPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 396; Location: 38029 STATE HWY 194 E; Grades: PK - 06)

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Cemetery: Dotson Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bone Branch (A), Calloway Branch (B), Pecks Branch (C), Carter Branch (D), Pointrock Branch (E), Right Fork Peter Creek (F), Road Fork (G), Rockhouse Branch (H), Sage Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.5 people
Kentucky:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	76.1%
Whole state:	69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	2.8%
Whole state:	4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	36.2%
Whole state:	15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	20.2%
Whole state:	6.6%

Phelps compared to Kentucky state average:

Median household income significantly below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
House age significantly below state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Banks with branches in Phelps (2007 data):

Community Trust Bank, Inc.: Pike Phelps Branch at 38720 State Highway 194 E, branch established on 1969-07-07. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,958.7 mil, Deposits: $2,350.1 mil, headquarters in Pikeville, KY, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 79 total offices, Holding Company: Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.

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2004 Presidential Election results in Pike County Kentucky:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

4.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,415 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.28%
Kentucky average:	6.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Floyd County, KY	0.51% ($32,198 average AGI)
from Mingo County, WV	0.45% ($28,877)
from Fayette County, KY	0.28% ($47,961)

4.38% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($81,141 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.38%
Kentucky average:	6.74%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Floyd County, KY	0.64% ($47,635 average AGI)
to Fayette County, KY	0.36% ($43,969)
to Mingo County, WV	0.31% ($596,127)

Strongest AM radio stations in Phelps:

WNRG (940 AM; 5 kW; GRUNDY, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA-KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CO., INC)
WHJC (1360 AM; daytime; 1 kW; MATEWAN, WV)
WBPA (1460 AM; 5 kW; ELKHORN CITY, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP)
WLSI (900 AM; 5 kW; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WVOW (1290 AM; 5 kW; LOGAN, WV; Owner: LOGAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WBTH (1400 AM; 1 kW; WILLIAMSON, WV; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
WYRV (770 AM; daytime; 5 kW; CEDAR BLUFF, VA; Owner: FAITH CHRISTIAN MUSIC BROADCASTING MINISTRIES, INC.)
WDIC (1430 AM; daytime; 5 kW; CLINCHCO, VA; Owner: DICKENSON COUNTY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WZAP (690 AM; 10 kW; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: RAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WKYH (600 AM; 5 kW; PAINTSVILLE, KY; Owner: HIGHLANDS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WELC (1150 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WELCH, WV; Owner: POCAHONTAS BROADCASTING CO.)
WGOC (640 AM; 10 kW; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Phelps:

WVKM (106.7 FM; MATEWAN, WV; Owner: THREE STATES BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WPKE-FM (103.1 FM; COAL RUN, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WXCC (96.5 FM; WILLIAMSON, WV; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
WMJD (97.7 FM; GRUNDY, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA-KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WXLR (104.9 FM; HAROLD, KY; Owner: ADAM D GEARHEART)
WVOW-FM (101.9 FM; LOGAN, WV; Owner: LOGAN BROADCASTING CORP.)
WDHR (93.1 FM; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WDXC (102.3 FM; POUND, VA; Owner: WDXC RADIO, INC.)
WIFX-FM (94.3 FM; JENKINS, KY; Owner: LETCHER COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC)
WXKQ-FM (103.9 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)
WZLK (107.5 FM; VIRGIE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WMMT (88.7 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: APPALSHOP, INCORPORATED)
WRIC-FM (100.7 FM; RICHLANDS, VA; Owner: PEGGY SUE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WDIC-FM (92.1 FM; CLINCHCO, VA; Owner: DICKENSON COUNTY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WGTH-FM (105.5 FM; RICHLANDS, VA; Owner: HIGH KNOB BROADCASTERS, INC.)
WQHY (95.5 FM; PRESTONSBURG, KY; Owner: WDOC, INC.)
WJSO (90.1 FM; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
W251AI (98.1 FM; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
W219BM (91.7 FM; MATEWAN, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)

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