Elizabethtown vs Fort Knox

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

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

Elizabethtown has the higher population (31,870 vs 8,715 in Fort Knox). Fort Knox has the higher median household income ($74,224 vs $56,250 in Elizabethtown). Since 2019, Elizabethtown's population has grown faster (+7.6% vs +0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Fort Knox
Population	31,870	8,715
Median age	37.7 yrs	24.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$74,224
Median home value	$223,200	—
Median gross rent	$876	$1,234
Housing units	15,236	2,468
Homeownership rate	49.6%	0.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Fort Knox
Population	29,620 → 31,870 (+7.6%)	8,695 → 8,715 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$46,754 → $56,250 (+20.3%)	$59,323 → $74,224 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $223,200 (+24.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$792 → $876 (+10.6%)	$1,090 → $1,234 (+13.2%)

Elizabethtown

Population

29,62031,870

Median household income

$46,754$56,250

Median home value

$180,000$223,200

Median gross rent

$792$876

Fort Knox

Population

8,6958,715

Median household income

$59,323$74,224

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,234

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Fort Knox
Under 5	5.7%	12.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	18.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	21.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	18.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	5.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	1.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	0.9%
75 and over	8.0%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Fort Knox
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	50.3%
Black or African American	12.0%	14.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	2.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Fort Knox
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	26.7%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Fort Knox
Drove alone	81.2%	70.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	17.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.2%	3.3%
Other means	3.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Fort Knox
1-unit, detached	55.1%	23.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	50.4%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	8.7%
20 or more units	3.5%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Fort Knox
Poverty rate	15.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.21	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	12
Median year structure built	1990	1977