Elizabethtown vs Rosiclare

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabethtown and Rosiclare: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rosiclare has the higher population (921 vs 303 in Elizabethtown). Rosiclare has the higher median household income ($43,275 vs $20,645 in Elizabethtown). Elizabethtown has the higher median home value ($65,800 vs $55,500 in Rosiclare).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Rosiclare
Population	303	921
Median age	59.5 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$20,645	$43,275
Median home value	$65,800	$55,500
Median gross rent	$232	$414
Housing units	269	433
Homeownership rate	50.0%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Rosiclare
Population	247 → 303 (+22.7%)	694 → 921 (+32.7%)
Median household income	$17,000 → $20,645 (+21.4%)	$37,841 → $43,275 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $65,800 (-0.8%)	$51,300 → $55,500 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$253 → $232 (-8.3%)	$401 → $414 (+3.2%)

Elizabethtown

Population

247303

Median household income

$17,000$20,645

Median home value

$66,300$65,800

Median gross rent

$253$232

Rosiclare

Population

694921

Median household income

$37,841$43,275

Median home value

$51,300$55,500

Median gross rent

$401$414

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Rosiclare
Under 5	6.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.9%
25 to 34	2.3%	5.2%
35 to 44	5.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	3.3%	27.3%
55 to 64	26.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	23.4%	6.3%
75 and over	11.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Rosiclare
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.1%
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%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Rosiclare
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	52.3%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Rosiclare
Drove alone	60.0%	85.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	12.1%
Public transit	4.0%	2.1%
Walked	32.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Rosiclare
1-unit, detached	52.0%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	37.2%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Rosiclare
Poverty rate	33.7%	14.9%
Average household size	1.44	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1971	1958