Elizabethtown vs White Lake

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

Elizabethtown and White Lake 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 961 in White Lake). White Lake has the higher median household income ($76,667 vs $32,577 in Elizabethtown). White Lake has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $153,400 in Elizabethtown).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	White Lake
Population	3,294	961
Median age	48.0 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,577	$76,667
Median home value	$153,400	$186,900
Median gross rent	$650	$1,275
Housing units	2,000	1,094
Homeownership rate	46.5%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	White Lake
Population	3,464 → 3,294 (-4.9%)	1,000 → 961 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$21,917 → $32,577 (+48.6%)	$53,958 → $76,667 (+42.1%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $153,400 (+27.3%)	$144,000 → $186,900 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $650 (+16.7%)	$783 → $1,275 (+62.8%)

Elizabethtown

Population

3,4643,294

Median household income

$21,917$32,577

Median home value

$120,500$153,400

Median gross rent

$557$650

White Lake

Population

1,000961

Median household income

$53,958$76,667

Median home value

$144,000$186,900

Median gross rent

$783$1,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	White Lake
Under 5	7.5%	2.4%
5 to 17	9.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	4.8%
35 to 44	3.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	15.6%	19.9%
75 and over	11.3%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	White Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	82.3%
Black or African American	34.7%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.8%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	White Lake
No high school diploma	16.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	34.1%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	White Lake
Drove alone	87.1%	74.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	13.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	White Lake
1-unit, detached	77.7%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	38.0%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	White Lake
Poverty rate	34.1%	6.4%
Average household size	1.95	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1977	1986