Elizabethtown is a metro area of 127,049 people. 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4% of people across the metro were born outside the United States. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $220,770. Renters pay $958 a month at the median. Growth has run 18% since 2000, or 19,502 more people.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $67,578, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 45%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Elizabethtown
What changed most since 1990
White share85.3% → 76.3%(−9.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share2.4% → 6.1%(+3.7 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Among the 21 metro and micro areas based in Kentucky
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)41.5%(5,472)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)42.5%(5,607)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era23%(3,037)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.7%(218)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.6%(81)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 13,190 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
100,919
$58,073
$133,512
12.4%
32.5
2000
107,547
$67,468
$151,848
14.8%
39.0
2010
119,736
$66,915
$183,830
17.8%
44.2
2020
125,569
$67,974
$186,460
21.3%
52.3
2024
127,049
$67,578
$220,770
23.7%
49.6
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.
