Elizabethville vs Paxtang

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

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

Paxtang has the higher population (1,617 vs 1,583 in Elizabethville). Paxtang has the higher median household income ($83,571 vs $75,724 in Elizabethville). Paxtang has the higher median home value ($179,900 vs $168,900 in Elizabethville).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethville	Paxtang
Population	1,583	1,617
Median age	36.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,724	$83,571
Median home value	$168,900	$179,900
Median gross rent	$670	$1,085
Housing units	644	694
Homeownership rate	71.7%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethville	Paxtang
Population	1,611 → 1,583 (-1.7%)	1,726 → 1,617 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$49,494 → $75,724 (+53.0%)	$73,015 → $83,571 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$114,400 → $168,900 (+47.6%)	$145,500 → $179,900 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $670 (+12.0%)	$972 → $1,085 (+11.6%)

Elizabethville

Population

1,6111,583

Median household income

$49,494$75,724

Median home value

$114,400$168,900

Median gross rent

$598$670

Paxtang

Population

1,7261,617

Median household income

$73,015$83,571

Median home value

$145,500$179,900

Median gross rent

$972$1,085

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethville	Paxtang
Under 5	6.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	14.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.6%
75 and over	7.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethville	Paxtang
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	64.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	12.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	11.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethville	Paxtang
No high school diploma	12.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	35.7%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethville	Paxtang
Drove alone	73.7%	70.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	2.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	14.0%
Other means	7.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethville	Paxtang
1-unit, detached	68.6%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	19.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethville	Paxtang
Poverty rate	6.2%	9.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1944	1938