Elizabethtown vs Hartsville

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

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

Elizabethtown has the higher population (283 vs 281 in Hartsville). Hartsville has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $65,625 in Elizabethtown). Hartsville has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $117,500 in Elizabethtown).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Hartsville
Population	283	281
Median age	47.3 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$66,875
Median home value	$117,500	$131,300
Median gross rent	$747	$1,031
Housing units	150	112
Homeownership rate	60.8%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Hartsville
Population	538 → 283 (-47.4%)	407 → 281 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $65,625 (+37.3%)	$62,639 → $66,875 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $117,500 (+51.0%)	$89,000 → $131,300 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $747 (-3.6%)	$675 → $1,031 (+52.7%)

Elizabethtown

Population

538283

Median household income

$47,813$65,625

Median home value

$77,800$117,500

Median gross rent

$775$747

Hartsville

Population

407281

Median household income

$62,639$66,875

Median home value

$89,000$131,300

Median gross rent

$675$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Hartsville
Under 5	4.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	12.0%	26.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	22.3%	5.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.3%
75 and over	5.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Hartsville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	85.4%
Black or African American	14.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.9%
Two or more races	9.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Hartsville
No high school diploma	15.0%	8.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Hartsville
Drove alone	75.2%	81.2%
Carpooled	15.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Hartsville
1-unit, detached	58.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Hartsville
Poverty rate	16.9%	7.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	1968	1938