Elizabethtown vs West Point

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

Elizabethtown and West Point 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 1,131 in West Point). Elizabethtown has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $37,260 in West Point). Elizabethtown has the higher median home value ($223,200 vs $68,200 in West Point).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	West Point
Population	31,870	1,131
Median age	37.7 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$37,260
Median home value	$223,200	$68,200
Median gross rent	$876	$726
Housing units	15,236	565
Homeownership rate	49.6%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	West Point
Population	29,620 → 31,870 (+7.6%)	1,010 → 1,131 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$46,754 → $56,250 (+20.3%)	$37,007 → $37,260 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $223,200 (+24.0%)	$45,600 → $68,200 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $876 (+10.6%)	$756 → $726 (-4.0%)

Elizabethtown

Population

29,62031,870

Median household income

$46,754$56,250

Median home value

$180,000$223,200

Median gross rent

$792$876

West Point

Population

1,0101,131

Median household income

$37,007$37,260

Median home value

$45,600$68,200

Median gross rent

$756$726

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	West Point
Under 5	5.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	22.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	17.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	6.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.5%
75 and over	8.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	West Point
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	92.0%
Black or African American	12.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
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%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	West Point
No high school diploma	6.7%	15.4%
High school graduate	26.7%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	West Point
Drove alone	81.2%	84.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.2%	2.4%
Walked	1.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	3.8%
Other means	3.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	West Point
1-unit, detached	55.1%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	West Point
Poverty rate	15.7%	28.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1990	1957