Elizabethtown vs Plainville

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

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

Elizabethtown has the higher population (267 vs 82 in Plainville). Plainville has the higher median home value ($522,700 vs $11,200 in Elizabethtown). Since 2019, Elizabethtown's population has grown faster (-10.7% vs -53.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Plainville
Population	267	82
Median age	49.5 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$25,625	—
Median home value	$11,200	$522,700
Median gross rent	$1,132	—
Housing units	145	38
Homeownership rate	52.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.4%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Plainville
Population	299 → 267 (-10.7%)	175 → 82 (-53.1%)
Median household income	$21,786 → $25,625 (+17.6%)	—
Median home value	$9,999 → $11,200 (+12.0%)	$422,700 → $522,700 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,132 (+45.1%)	—

Elizabethtown

Population

299267

Median household income

$21,786$25,625

Median home value

$9,999$11,200

Median gross rent

$780$1,132

Plainville

Population

17582

Median home value

$422,700$522,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Plainville
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	19.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	27.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	25.5%	24.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.0%
75 and over	1.9%	31.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Plainville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Plainville
No high school diploma	36.7%	27.3%
High school graduate	45.7%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	42.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Plainville
Drove alone	54.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	46.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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	Plainville
1-unit, detached	40.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Plainville
Poverty rate	24.7%	37.8%
Average household size	1.84	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1981	1938