Elizabethville vs Palmdale

A side-by-side comparison of Elizabethville and Palmdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Elizabethville and Palmdale are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elizabethville has the higher population (1,583 vs 1,507 in Palmdale). Elizabethville has the higher median household income ($75,724 vs $60,449 in Palmdale). Palmdale has the higher median home value ($221,500 vs $168,900 in Elizabethville).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethville	Palmdale
Population	1,583	1,507
Median age	36.7 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,724	$60,449
Median home value	$168,900	$221,500
Median gross rent	$670	$1,385
Housing units	644	672
Homeownership rate	71.7%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethville	Palmdale
Population	1,611 → 1,583 (-1.7%)	1,252 → 1,507 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$49,494 → $75,724 (+53.0%)	$60,313 → $60,449 (+0.2%)
Median home value	$114,400 → $168,900 (+47.6%)	$176,500 → $221,500 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $670 (+12.0%)	$958 → $1,385 (+44.6%)

Elizabethville

Population

1,6111,583

Median household income

$49,494$75,724

Median home value

$114,400$168,900

Median gross rent

$598$670

Palmdale

Population

1,2521,507

Median household income

$60,313$60,449

Median home value

$176,500$221,500

Median gross rent

$958$1,385

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethville	Palmdale
Under 5	6.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	25.7%
18 to 24	14.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	22.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	5.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	7.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	5.9%
75 and over	7.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethville	Palmdale
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	60.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	24.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethville	Palmdale
No high school diploma	12.1%	11.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethville	Palmdale
Drove alone	73.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	8.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	12.9%	8.0%
Other means	7.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethville	Palmdale
1-unit, detached	68.6%	29.9%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	18.2%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	5.1%
20 or more units	2.8%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	20.1%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethville	Palmdale
Poverty rate	6.2%	27.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1944	1976