Elizabethtown vs Vine Grove

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

Elizabethtown and Vine Grove 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 6,721 in Vine Grove). Vine Grove has the higher median household income ($74,786 vs $56,250 in Elizabethtown). Elizabethtown has the higher median home value ($223,200 vs $213,500 in Vine Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Vine Grove
Population	31,870	6,721
Median age	37.7 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$74,786
Median home value	$223,200	$213,500
Median gross rent	$876	$1,344
Housing units	15,236	2,866
Homeownership rate	49.6%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Vine Grove
Population	29,620 → 31,870 (+7.6%)	6,106 → 6,721 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$46,754 → $56,250 (+20.3%)	$62,596 → $74,786 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $223,200 (+24.0%)	$152,700 → $213,500 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $876 (+10.6%)	$1,111 → $1,344 (+21.0%)

Elizabethtown

Population

29,62031,870

Median household income

$46,754$56,250

Median home value

$180,000$223,200

Median gross rent

$792$876

Vine Grove

Population

6,1066,721

Median household income

$62,596$74,786

Median home value

$152,700$213,500

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,344

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Vine Grove
Under 5	5.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	24.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.0%
75 and over	8.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Vine Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	72.3%
Black or African American	12.0%	14.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Vine Grove
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.7%
High school graduate	26.7%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Vine Grove
Drove alone	81.2%	81.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.0%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Vine Grove
1-unit, detached	55.1%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	9.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Vine Grove
Poverty rate	15.7%	12.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1990	1996