Elizabethtown vs Walesboro

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

Elizabethtown and Walesboro 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 233 in Walesboro). Walesboro has the higher median household income ($83,663 vs $65,625 in Elizabethtown). Walesboro has the higher median home value ($198,700 vs $117,500 in Elizabethtown).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Walesboro
Population	283	233
Median age	47.3 yrs	23.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$83,663
Median home value	$117,500	$198,700
Median gross rent	$747	—
Housing units	150	157
Homeownership rate	60.8%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Walesboro
Population	538 → 283 (-47.4%)	314 → 233 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $65,625 (+37.3%)	$46,786 → $83,663 (+78.8%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $117,500 (+51.0%)	$133,300 → $198,700 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $747 (-3.6%)	—

Elizabethtown

Population

538283

Median household income

$47,813$65,625

Median home value

$77,800$117,500

Median gross rent

$775$747

Walesboro

Population

314233

Median household income

$46,786$83,663

Median home value

$133,300$198,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Walesboro
Under 5	4.6%	11.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	2.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	42.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	24.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	5.2%
45 to 54	22.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	0.0%
75 and over	5.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Walesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	14.8%	0.0%
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	9.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Walesboro
No high school diploma	15.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	28.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Walesboro
Drove alone	75.2%	84.9%
Carpooled	15.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Walesboro
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	Walesboro
Poverty rate	16.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1968	1938