Elizabethtown vs Port Henry

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

Elizabethtown and Port Henry are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Port Henry has the higher population (1,403 vs 662 in Elizabethtown). Elizabethtown has the higher median household income ($68,214 vs $42,895 in Port Henry). Elizabethtown has the higher median home value ($178,600 vs $159,200 in Port Henry).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Port Henry
Population	662	1,403
Median age	57.4 yrs	62.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,214	$42,895
Median home value	$178,600	$159,200
Median gross rent	$698	—
Housing units	345	827
Homeownership rate	72.8%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Port Henry
Population	631 → 662 (+4.9%)	1,179 → 1,403 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$65,789 → $68,214 (+3.7%)	$39,757 → $42,895 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $178,600 (+4.0%)	$97,800 → $159,200 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $698 (-7.7%)	$631 → $633 (+0.3%)

Elizabethtown

Population

631662

Median household income

$65,789$68,214

Median home value

$171,800$178,600

Median gross rent

$756$698

Port Henry

Population

1,1791,403

Median household income

$39,757$42,895

Median home value

$97,800$159,200

Median gross rent

$631$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Port Henry
Under 5	7.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	2.3%	7.7%
18 to 24	2.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	5.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	4.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	37.4%
65 to 74	19.9%	20.2%
75 and over	20.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Port Henry
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	92.0%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Port Henry
No high school diploma	7.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	34.7%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Port Henry
Drove alone	65.8%	75.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Port Henry
1-unit, detached	69.0%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	20.9%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Port Henry
Poverty rate	14.9%	30.6%
Average household size	1.79	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	13	30
Median year structure built	1952	1948