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Elizabethtown, KY

32,576 Population
28 square miles 1,162.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,019 ±$3,042 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $36,675 ±$2,004
  • about the same as the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,760 ±$3,793 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $67,534 ±$2,372
  • a little less than the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17% ±3.3% (5,404  ±1,043) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 13.6% 16,903 (±1.3% / ±1,660)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±1.2 (275,970  ±23,261) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 23.1 1,203,860 (±0.6 / ±49,035)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,684 ±472 Number of households
  • the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 50,618 ±700
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (31,603  ±114) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 2.5 123,924 (±0 / ±236)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±2.7% (551  ±224) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 4.7% † 1,374 (±1% / ±291)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,788 ±431 Number of housing units
  • the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 54,681 ±112
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$245,900 ±$18,285 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: $218,800 ±$7,651
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.1% ±3.1% (6,154  ±991.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 15.3% 19,227 (±1.4% / ±1,749.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±4.7% (20,515  ±1,180.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 91.7% 78,397 (±2.6% / ±2,186.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.3% ±2.8% (6,166  ±633.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 23.7% 20,250 (±1.3% / ±1,134.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

6.2% ±1.1% (2,019  ±369) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 4% 5,086
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.1% ±1.8% (3,152  ±448) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elizabethtown, KY Metro Area: 14.3% 13,190 (±0.9% / ±837)
  • about double the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,152 Total veterans ±448 2,593 Male ±337 559 Female ±263

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