Elizabeth is home to 564 people in West Virginia. The poverty rate is 36.5%, above the 12.5% national rate. 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Households here earn about 62% less than in West Virginia as a whole. On income it ranks near the bottom among US cities. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $87,400.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $22,353, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
12% 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 Elizabeth
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree15.3% → 12.2%(−3.0 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Homes owned by their occupants67.5% → 50.7%(−16.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Population900 → 564(−37%)US over the same years: +35%
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)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era0%(0)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 23 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
Elizabeth, decade by decade
Elizabeth 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
900
$36,531
$93,603
15.3%
0.8
2000
994
$45,749
$89,625
11.5%
2.0
2010
823
$36,564
$112,065
15.2%
4.5
2020
724
$27,996
$85,934
15.4%
18.3
2024
564
$22,353
$87,400
12.2%
0.9
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.
