Elizabethtown vs Westport

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

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

Elizabethtown has the higher population (662 vs 250 in Westport). Elizabethtown has the higher median household income ($68,214 vs $48,214 in Westport). Elizabethtown has the higher median home value ($178,600 vs $131,300 in Westport).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Westport
Population	662	250
Median age	57.4 yrs	61.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,214	$48,214
Median home value	$178,600	$131,300
Median gross rent	$698	$861
Housing units	345	358
Homeownership rate	72.8%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Westport
Population	631 → 662 (+4.9%)	368 → 250 (-32.1%)
Median household income	$65,789 → $68,214 (+3.7%)	$53,250 → $48,214 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $178,600 (+4.0%)	$135,700 → $131,300 (-3.2%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $698 (-7.7%)	$744 → $861 (+15.7%)

Elizabethtown

Population

631662

Median household income

$65,789$68,214

Median home value

$171,800$178,600

Median gross rent

$756$698

Westport

Population

368250

Median household income

$53,250$48,214

Median home value

$135,700$131,300

Median gross rent

$744$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Westport
Under 5	7.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	2.3%	4.0%
18 to 24	2.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	6.0%
35 to 44	5.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	18.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	21.2%
65 to 74	19.9%	16.4%
75 and over	20.7%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Westport
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	97.6%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Westport
No high school diploma	7.6%	12.0%
High school graduate	34.7%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Westport
Drove alone	65.8%	82.0%
Carpooled	3.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Westport
1-unit, detached	69.0%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Westport
Poverty rate	14.9%	36.4%
Average household size	1.79	1.30
Mean commute (minutes)	13	44
Median year structure built	1952	1938