Elizabethtown vs Kelly

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

Elizabethtown and Kelly 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 706 in Kelly). Kelly has the higher median household income ($51,155 vs $32,577 in Elizabethtown). Elizabethtown has the higher median home value ($153,400 vs $125,200 in Kelly).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Kelly
Population	3,294	706
Median age	48.0 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,577	$51,155
Median home value	$153,400	$125,200
Median gross rent	$650	—
Housing units	2,000	387
Homeownership rate	46.5%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Kelly
Population	3,464 → 3,294 (-4.9%)	409 → 706 (+72.6%)
Median household income	$21,917 → $32,577 (+48.6%)	$25,323 → $51,155 (+102.0%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $153,400 (+27.3%)	$51,900 → $125,200 (+141.2%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $650 (+16.7%)	—

Elizabethtown

Population

3,4643,294

Median household income

$21,917$32,577

Median home value

$120,500$153,400

Median gross rent

$557$650

Kelly

Population

409706

Median household income

$25,323$51,155

Median home value

$51,900$125,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Kelly
Under 5	7.5%	13.5%
5 to 17	9.8%	31.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	23.5%
35 to 44	3.9%	7.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	5.5%
65 to 74	15.6%	15.3%
75 and over	11.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Kelly
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	23.1%
Black or African American	34.7%	58.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	11.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Kelly
No high school diploma	16.0%	12.1%
High school graduate	34.1%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Kelly
Drove alone	87.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Kelly
1-unit, detached	77.7%	39.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	60.7%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Kelly
Poverty rate	34.1%	6.4%
Average household size	1.95	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1977	1994