Elizabethtown vs Radcliff

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

Elizabethtown and Radcliff 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 22,967 in Radcliff). Radcliff has the higher median household income ($60,976 vs $56,250 in Elizabethtown). Elizabethtown has the higher median home value ($223,200 vs $163,300 in Radcliff).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Radcliff
Population	31,870	22,967
Median age	37.7 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$60,976
Median home value	$223,200	$163,300
Median gross rent	$876	$965
Housing units	15,236	9,835
Homeownership rate	49.6%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Radcliff
Population	29,620 → 31,870 (+7.6%)	22,639 → 22,967 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$46,754 → $56,250 (+20.3%)	$46,105 → $60,976 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $223,200 (+24.0%)	$129,100 → $163,300 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $876 (+10.6%)	$773 → $965 (+24.8%)

Elizabethtown

Population

29,62031,870

Median household income

$46,754$56,250

Median home value

$180,000$223,200

Median gross rent

$792$876

Radcliff

Population

22,63922,967

Median household income

$46,105$60,976

Median home value

$129,100$163,300

Median gross rent

$773$965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Radcliff
Under 5	5.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.7%
75 and over	8.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Radcliff
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	56.6%
Black or African American	12.0%	23.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	2.5%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Radcliff
No high school diploma	6.7%	10.8%
High school graduate	26.7%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Radcliff
Drove alone	81.2%	75.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	13.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.2%	8.2%
Other means	3.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Radcliff
1-unit, detached	55.1%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	12.5%
20 or more units	3.5%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Radcliff
Poverty rate	15.7%	13.3%
Average household size	2.21	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1990	1983