Elizabethtown vs Willow Street

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

Elizabethtown and Willow Street 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 10,010 in Willow Street). Willow Street has the higher median household income ($106,867 vs $67,770 in Elizabethtown). Willow Street has the higher median home value ($298,200 vs $222,600 in Elizabethtown).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethtown	Willow Street
Population	11,857	10,010
Median age	34.5 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,770	$106,867
Median home value	$222,600	$298,200
Median gross rent	$1,038	$2,453
Housing units	4,786	4,674
Homeownership rate	54.4%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethtown	Willow Street
Population	11,469 → 11,857 (+3.4%)	8,478 → 10,010 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$62,219 → $67,770 (+8.9%)	$76,007 → $106,867 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $222,600 (+23.7%)	$248,000 → $298,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,038 (+12.0%)	$2,083 → $2,453 (+17.8%)

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

Willow Street

Population

8,47810,010

Median household income

$76,007$106,867

Median home value

$248,000$298,200

Median gross rent

$2,083$2,453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethtown	Willow Street
Under 5	4.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	18.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	7.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	13.2%
75 and over	8.1%	25.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethtown	Willow Street
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	82.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	3.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethtown	Willow Street
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	36.3%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethtown	Willow Street
Drove alone	72.4%	81.7%
Carpooled	6.4%	1.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	12.9%
Other means	1.5%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethtown	Willow Street
1-unit, detached	39.1%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	19.1%	20.5%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	6.2%
20 or more units	11.2%	30.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethtown	Willow Street
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1963	1989