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ElizabethtownKY

Elizabethtown, KY is a 30K-resident city in Hardin County with a median household income of $60,760.

Hardin County, Kentucky. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Elizabethtown, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Elizabethtown has a population larger than 63% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $245,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

30K
Population (place)
Top 37%
By size
$60,760
Median income (place)
$245,900
Median home (place)
17%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown posts a median household income higher than 23% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Elizabethtown area.

Bottom 24%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Elizabethtown

Where Elizabethtown income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$60,760 Bottom 23% higher than 23% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Elizabethtown $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in KY

Population among 39 KY places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Bowling Green is the largest KY city on this list; Burlington leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in KY

Median household income among the same 39-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Burlington posts the highest place-level median income in KY; Bowling Green is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Elizabethtown, KY beyond the headline numbers

Elizabethtown sits inside Hardin County, Kentucky, at roughly 37.69°N, -85.86°W. Population 29,678, $60,760 median household income. Median home value $245,900, median rent $909. Poverty rate 17%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Elizabethtown, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

17% of Elizabethtown, KY residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Elizabethtown runs about 4.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 6.5% of Elizabethtown workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 42% in Elizabethtown, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Elizabethtown workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Elizabethtown from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
29,678
Elizabethtown · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$60,760
-32% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$245,900
-41% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Hardin County): Elizabethtown's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
112K+5%
Median Income
$67,647+39%
Median Home Value
$225,800+61%
Poverty Rate
13.1%-17%
Unemployment
6.2%-25%

Economics

Economics indicators for Elizabethtown, KY
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$909/mo
Poverty Rate
17% +37% vs avg
Unemployment 5.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 28.3%
Work From Home 6.5%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 75.4%
African American 11.5%
Asian 3.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.4%

Health Profile 2 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
42%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 60.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
BAPTIST HEALTH HARDIN
ELIZABETHTOWN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Elizabethtown?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Elizabethtown right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Elizabethtown: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Elizabethtown; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Kentucky state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Elizabethtown, KY? ▼
Elizabethtown, KY has a population of 29,678 people, located in Hardin County, Kentucky.
What is the median household income in Elizabethtown? ▼
The median household income in Elizabethtown, KY is $60,760 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 17%.
What is the median home value in Elizabethtown? ▼
The median home value in Elizabethtown, KY is $245,900. Median rent is $909/month.
What are the top health concerns in Elizabethtown? ▼
The top health indicators in Elizabethtown include Short Sleep Duration (42%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Elizabethtown? ▼
Elizabethtown has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Elizabethtown? ▼
The median age in Elizabethtown, KY is 35.7 years. 28.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Elizabethtown, both outside Kentucky so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside KY (17% here).

Greensboro, NC 17% Hialeah, FL 17% Santa Cruz, CA 17% Aiken, SC 17%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside KY ($60,760 here).

Mission, TX $60,767 Poughkeepsie, NY $60,741 Pekin, IL $60,790 Farmersville, CA $60,804

Compare Elizabethtown with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Radcliff, KY 22K Fort Knox, KY 10K Shepherdsville, KY 12K Bardstown, KY 13K Valley Station, KY 23K Pleasure Ridge Park, KY 26K Mount Washington, KY 14K Okolona, KY 17K
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Using Elizabethtown's profile

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  • Compare Elizabethtown against Kentucky peers on any ranking lens. Explore Kentucky

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Hardin County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.