Elizabethtown vs Witherbee

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

Elizabethtown and Witherbee 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 190 in Witherbee). Elizabethtown has the higher median household income ($68,214 vs $41,089 in Witherbee). Since 2019, Elizabethtown's population has grown faster (+4.9% vs -25.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Witherbee
Population	662	190
Median age	57.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,214	$41,089
Median home value	$178,600	—
Median gross rent	$698	—
Housing units	345	133
Homeownership rate	72.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Witherbee
Population	631 → 662 (+4.9%)	256 → 190 (-25.8%)
Median household income	$65,789 → $68,214 (+3.7%)	$65,436 → $41,089 (-37.2%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $178,600 (+4.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$756 → $698 (-7.7%)	—

Elizabethtown

Population

631662

Median household income

$65,789$68,214

Median home value

$171,800$178,600

Median gross rent

$756$698

Witherbee

Population

256190

Median household income

$65,436$41,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Witherbee
Under 5	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.3%	43.7%
18 to 24	2.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	1.6%
35 to 44	5.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	9.8%	15.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	19.9%	0.0%
75 and over	20.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Witherbee
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	87.9%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.8%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Witherbee
No high school diploma	7.6%	17.8%
High school graduate	34.7%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Witherbee
Drove alone	65.8%	37.0%
Carpooled	3.0%	63.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Witherbee
1-unit, detached	69.0%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	27.1%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	27.1%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Witherbee
Poverty rate	14.9%	6.8%
Average household size	1.79	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	13	—
Median year structure built	1952	1947