Phelps is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.9 square miles (23 km2), all land.

At the 2000 census there were 1,053 people, 423 households, and 321 families living in the CDP.

There were 491 housing units at an average density of 55.0 per square mile (21.2/km2).

The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.15% White, 0.19% African American, and 0.66% from two or more races.