With 32,576 people, Elizabethtown is a city in Kentucky. Growth has run 45% since 2000, or 10,034 more people. Owners hold 49% of the housing stock. The median age is 35.7, younger than the US median of 38.9. 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 6% of people here were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $60,760, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
28% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 41%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Elizabethtown
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants60.8% → 49.3%(−11.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Population18,167 → 32,576(+79%)US over the same years: +35%
Adults with a bachelor's degree19.9% → 28.3%(+8.4 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Elizabethtown's population equals 29% of Hardin County's. Its number of households without a car equals 59% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 42% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)44.9%(1,416)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)37.4%(1,179)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era22.9%(722)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.3%(73)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.9%(61)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3,152 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Elizabethtown, decade by decade
Elizabethtown population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
18,167
$56,210
$140,644
19.9%
24.3
2000
22,542
$65,257
$174,697
21.4%
33.4
2010
28,531
$61,134
$210,751
23.9%
46.6
2020
31,394
$57,293
$212,592
27.7%
55.4
2024
32,576
$60,760
$245,900
28.3%
53.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
