Cave-In-Rock vs Elizabethtown

A side-by-side comparison of Cave-In-Rock and Elizabethtown: population, income, housing, and more.

Cave-In-Rock and Elizabethtown are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elizabethtown has the higher population (303 vs 229 in Cave-In-Rock). Cave-In-Rock has the higher median household income ($26,563 vs $20,645 in Elizabethtown). Since 2019, Elizabethtown's population has grown faster (+22.7% vs -16.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Cave-In-Rock	Elizabethtown
Population	229	303
Median age	49.9 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$26,563	$20,645
Median home value	—	$65,800
Median gross rent	$454	$232
Housing units	154	269
Homeownership rate	53.3%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.5%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave-In-Rock	Elizabethtown
Population	273 → 229 (-16.1%)	247 → 303 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$49,286 → $26,563 (-46.1%)	$17,000 → $20,645 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $35,800 (-22.8%)	$66,300 → $65,800 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	$467 → $454 (-2.8%)	$253 → $232 (-8.3%)

Cave-In-Rock

Population

273229

Median household income

$49,286$26,563

Median home value

$46,400$35,800

Median gross rent

$467$454

Elizabethtown

Population

247303

Median household income

$17,000$20,645

Median home value

$66,300$65,800

Median gross rent

$253$232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave-In-Rock	Elizabethtown
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	6.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	25.8%	2.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	5.3%
45 to 54	7.9%	3.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	26.4%
65 to 74	18.3%	23.4%
75 and over	14.0%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave-In-Rock	Elizabethtown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave-In-Rock	Elizabethtown
No high school diploma	22.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	42.8%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave-In-Rock	Elizabethtown
Drove alone	89.4%	60.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.0%
Walked	4.8%	32.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave-In-Rock	Elizabethtown
1-unit, detached	68.2%	52.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.0%	37.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Cave-In-Rock	Elizabethtown
Poverty rate	26.2%	33.7%
Average household size	2.18	1.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1956	1971