Elizabethtown vs Rineyville

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

Elizabethtown and Rineyville 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 2,869 in Rineyville). Rineyville has the higher median household income ($82,037 vs $56,250 in Elizabethtown). Rineyville has the higher median home value ($234,900 vs $223,200 in Elizabethtown).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Rineyville
Population	31,870	2,869
Median age	37.7 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$82,037
Median home value	$223,200	$234,900
Median gross rent	$876	—
Housing units	15,236	962
Homeownership rate	49.6%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Rineyville
Population	29,620 → 31,870 (+7.6%)	3,565 → 2,869 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$46,754 → $56,250 (+20.3%)	$101,333 → $82,037 (-19.0%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $223,200 (+24.0%)	$204,900 → $234,900 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $876 (+10.6%)	$637 → $633 (-0.6%)

Elizabethtown

Population

29,62031,870

Median household income

$46,754$56,250

Median home value

$180,000$223,200

Median gross rent

$792$876

Rineyville

Population

3,5652,869

Median household income

$101,333$82,037

Median home value

$204,900$234,900

Median gross rent

$637$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Rineyville
Under 5	5.7%	11.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	23.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.2%
75 and over	8.0%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Rineyville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	78.3%
Black or African American	12.0%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Rineyville
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	26.7%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Rineyville
Drove alone	81.2%	58.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	16.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	23.0%
Other means	3.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Rineyville
1-unit, detached	55.1%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Rineyville
Poverty rate	15.7%	5.3%
Average household size	2.21	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1990	1992