Elizabethtown vs Lititz

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

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

Elizabethtown has the higher population (11,857 vs 9,599 in Lititz). Lititz has the higher median household income ($82,861 vs $67,770 in Elizabethtown). Lititz has the higher median home value ($264,600 vs $222,600 in Elizabethtown).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Lititz
Population	11,857	9,599
Median age	34.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,770	$82,861
Median home value	$222,600	$264,600
Median gross rent	$1,038	$1,207
Housing units	4,786	4,137
Homeownership rate	54.4%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Lititz
Population	11,469 → 11,857 (+3.4%)	9,335 → 9,599 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$62,219 → $67,770 (+8.9%)	$64,343 → $82,861 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $222,600 (+23.7%)	$196,000 → $264,600 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,038 (+12.0%)	$1,005 → $1,207 (+20.1%)

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

Lititz

Population

9,3359,599

Median household income

$64,343$82,861

Median home value

$196,000$264,600

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,207

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Lititz
Under 5	4.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	18.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	13.4%
75 and over	8.1%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Lititz
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	89.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Lititz
No high school diploma	7.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	36.3%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Lititz
Drove alone	72.4%	79.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	2.9%
Public transit	0.4%	2.5%
Walked	9.5%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	7.4%
Other means	1.5%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Lititz
1-unit, detached	39.1%	42.9%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	28.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	10.1%
20 or more units	11.2%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Lititz
Poverty rate	7.5%	2.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1963	1962