Dublin vs Elizabethtown

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

Dublin and Elizabethtown are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elizabethtown has the higher population (3,294 vs 482 in Dublin). Elizabethtown has the higher median home value ($153,400 vs $140,900 in Dublin). Since 2019, Dublin's population has grown faster (+17.0% vs -4.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Dublin	Elizabethtown
Population	482	3,294
Median age	40.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$32,577
Median home value	$140,900	$153,400
Median gross rent	$692	$650
Housing units	179	2,000
Homeownership rate	43.6%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dublin	Elizabethtown
Population	412 → 482 (+17.0%)	3,464 → 3,294 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$35,250 → $49,250 (+39.7%)	$21,917 → $32,577 (+48.6%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $140,900 (+17.2%)	$120,500 → $153,400 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $692 (+5.3%)	$557 → $650 (+16.7%)

Dublin

Population

412482

Median household income

$35,250$49,250

Median home value

$120,200$140,900

Median gross rent

$657$692

Elizabethtown

Population

3,4643,294

Median household income

$21,917$32,577

Median home value

$120,500$153,400

Median gross rent

$557$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dublin	Elizabethtown
Under 5	3.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	18.7%	9.8%
18 to 24	12.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	16.7%
35 to 44	6.4%	3.9%
45 to 54	3.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	21.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	15.6%
75 and over	16.0%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dublin	Elizabethtown
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	55.6%
Black or African American	32.8%	34.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dublin	Elizabethtown
No high school diploma	27.4%	16.0%
High school graduate	26.1%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dublin	Elizabethtown
Drove alone	91.9%	87.1%
Carpooled	1.6%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dublin	Elizabethtown
1-unit, detached	77.1%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Dublin	Elizabethtown
Poverty rate	37.8%	34.1%
Average household size	3.09	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1964	1977