Elizabethtown vs Lancaster

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

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

Lancaster has the higher population (57,683 vs 11,857 in Elizabethtown). Elizabethtown has the higher median household income ($67,770 vs $63,421 in Lancaster). Elizabethtown has the higher median home value ($222,600 vs $203,700 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Lancaster
Population	11,857	57,683
Median age	34.5 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,770	$63,421
Median home value	$222,600	$203,700
Median gross rent	$1,038	$1,177
Housing units	4,786	22,285
Homeownership rate	54.4%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Lancaster
Population	11,469 → 11,857 (+3.4%)	59,433 → 57,683 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$62,219 → $67,770 (+8.9%)	$45,514 → $63,421 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $222,600 (+23.7%)	$114,600 → $203,700 (+77.7%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,038 (+12.0%)	$866 → $1,177 (+35.9%)

Elizabethtown

Population

11,46911,857

Median household income

$62,219$67,770

Median home value

$180,000$222,600

Median gross rent

$927$1,038

Lancaster

Population

59,43357,683

Median household income

$45,514$63,421

Median home value

$114,600$203,700

Median gross rent

$866$1,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Lancaster
Under 5	4.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	18.8%	14.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	18.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.8%
75 and over	8.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	38.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	42.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Lancaster
No high school diploma	7.6%	17.9%
High school graduate	36.3%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Lancaster
Drove alone	72.4%	62.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	10.7%
Public transit	0.4%	4.4%
Walked	9.5%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	39.1%	10.6%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	52.6%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	10.0%
20 or more units	11.2%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Lancaster
Poverty rate	7.5%	20.7%
Average household size	2.15	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1963	1938