Elizabethtown vs Wilmington

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

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

Wilmington has the higher population (979 vs 662 in Elizabethtown). Wilmington has the higher median household income ($91,750 vs $68,214 in Elizabethtown). Wilmington has the higher median home value ($260,300 vs $178,600 in Elizabethtown).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Wilmington
Population	662	979
Median age	57.4 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,214	$91,750
Median home value	$178,600	$260,300
Median gross rent	$698	$1,160
Housing units	345	567
Homeownership rate	72.8%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Wilmington
Population	631 → 662 (+4.9%)	775 → 979 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$65,789 → $68,214 (+3.7%)	$61,111 → $91,750 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $178,600 (+4.0%)	$181,300 → $260,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $698 (-7.7%)	$907 → $1,160 (+27.9%)

Elizabethtown

Population

631662

Median household income

$65,789$68,214

Median home value

$171,800$178,600

Median gross rent

$756$698

Wilmington

Population

775979

Median household income

$61,111$91,750

Median home value

$181,300$260,300

Median gross rent

$907$1,160

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Wilmington
Under 5	7.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	2.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	2.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	5.7%	17.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	19.9%	12.1%
75 and over	20.7%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	97.5%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Wilmington
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	34.7%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Wilmington
Drove alone	65.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	3.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	69.0%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Wilmington
Poverty rate	14.9%	2.8%
Average household size	1.79	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	13	27
Median year structure built	1952	1970