Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Elizabethtown, KY

31,425 Population
27.9 square miles 1,124.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

37.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,216 ±$2,688 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $34,454 ±$1,518
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $33,515 ±$209
$54,493 ±$5,409 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $64,111 ±$2,442
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $60,183 ±$443

14.1% ±2.4% (4,290  ±715) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 12.6% 19,086 (±1% / ±1,529)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 704,758 (±0.3% / ±11,207)

20.4 minutes ±1.8 (279,680  ±28,729) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 24.9 1,634,705 (±0.8 / ±60,630)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 23.9 43,874,500 (±0.2 / ±339,555)

Families

13,463 ±437 Number of households
  • the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 59,159 ±754
  • Kentucky: 1,769,102 ±5,421
2.3 ±0.1 (30,302  ±83) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 2.6 152,521 (±0 / ±203)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,380,020

4.2% ±1.9% (327  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 5% † 1,785 (±0.9% / ±317)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 54,219 (±0.2% / ±1,780)

Housing

14,737 ±412 Number of housing units
  • the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 65,448 ±100
  • Kentucky: 1,999,202 ±351

$207,800 ±$14,274 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $184,100 ±$4,765
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $177,000 ±$1,059

18.8% ±3% (5,845  ±,919.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 15% 23,186 (±1.2% / ±1,791.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kentucky: 13.4% 596,463 (±0.2% / ±9,612.4)

Social

92.8% ±4.4% (19,810  ±1,121.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 91% 95,618 (±2.2% / ±2,279.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.2% 2,703,662 (±0.4% / ±12,219.6)
29.2% ±2.5% (6,222  ±,566.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 21.9% 22,968 (±1.1% / ±1,123.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 26.5% 811,939 (±0.2% / ±6,703.3)

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

4.6% ±1.2% (1,453  ±378) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 3.2% 4,960
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 4.1% 184,109

13% ±1.9% (3,085  ±453) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 14.4% 16,403 (±0.8% / ±932)
  • nearly double the rate in Kentucky: 7% 244,703 (±0.1% / ±3,546)
3,085 Total veterans ±453 2,423 Male ±337 662 Female ±313

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.