Elkhorn City’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Elkhorn City has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Elkhorn City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elkhorn City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elkhorn City may be for you.
Elkhorn City is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The overall education level of Elkhorn City is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.89% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Elkhorn City in 2022 was $28,470, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $113,880 for a family of four. However, Elkhorn City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Elkhorn City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elkhorn City residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Elkhorn City include Irish, English, Welsh, German, and European.
The most common language spoken in Elkhorn City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
