Elizabethtown is home to 11,925 people in Pennsylvania. Density works out to 4,497 people per square mile. The median age is 34.9, younger than the US median of 38.9. The foreign-born share is 4%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $238,700. 58% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $76,105, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.9
US median: 38.9
Average education
31% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Elizabethtown
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$197,526 → $238,700(+21%)US over the same years: +67%
White share95.8% → 86.9%(−8.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share2.0% → 5.3%(+3.3 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Elizabethtown's population equals 2.1% of Lancaster County's. Its number of households without a car equals 0.9% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.5% 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)25.5%(110)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)27.3%(118)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era38.9%(168)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.1%(22)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II3.9%(17)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 432 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
9,952
$74,690
$197,526
21.5%
10.3
2000
11,887
$77,879
$202,204
27.4%
11.0
2010
11,545
$69,246
$232,905
24.8%
16.8
2020
11,639
$72,674
$224,348
31.4%
31.6
2024
11,925
$76,105
$238,700
31.4%
29.9
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.
