Elizabethtown vs Millersville

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

Elizabethtown and Millersville 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 8,711 in Millersville). Elizabethtown has the higher median household income ($67,770 vs $65,721 in Millersville). Millersville has the higher median home value ($265,500 vs $222,600 in Elizabethtown).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Millersville
Population	11,857	8,711
Median age	34.5 yrs	22.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,770	$65,721
Median home value	$222,600	$265,500
Median gross rent	$1,038	$1,322
Housing units	4,786	2,380
Homeownership rate	54.4%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Millersville
Population	11,469 → 11,857 (+3.4%)	8,322 → 8,711 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$62,219 → $67,770 (+8.9%)	$51,077 → $65,721 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $222,600 (+23.7%)	$175,100 → $265,500 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,038 (+12.0%)	$1,177 → $1,322 (+12.3%)

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

Millersville

Population

8,3228,711

Median household income

$51,077$65,721

Median home value

$175,100$265,500

Median gross rent

$1,177$1,322

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Millersville
Under 5	4.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	12.9%
18 to 24	18.8%	41.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	7.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	5.1%
75 and over	8.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Millersville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	75.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Millersville
No high school diploma	7.6%	12.2%
High school graduate	36.3%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Millersville
Drove alone	72.4%	67.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	9.5%	15.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	7.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Millersville
1-unit, detached	39.1%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	6.8%
20 or more units	11.2%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Millersville
Poverty rate	7.5%	24.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1963	1965