Central vs Elizabethton

A side-by-side comparison of Central and Elizabethton: population, income, housing, and more.

Central and Elizabethton are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elizabethton has the higher population (14,364 vs 1,944 in Central). Elizabethton has the higher median household income ($44,834 vs $42,292 in Central). Elizabethton has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $126,700 in Central).

Population, income & housing

	Central	Elizabethton
Population	1,944	14,364
Median age	52.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,292	$44,834
Median home value	$126,700	$159,700
Median gross rent	$889	$751
Housing units	1,026	6,729
Homeownership rate	78.0%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central	Elizabethton
Population	2,217 → 1,944 (-12.3%)	13,577 → 14,364 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$27,188 → $42,292 (+55.6%)	$36,863 → $44,834 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $126,700 (+0.4%)	$124,000 → $159,700 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $889 (+51.2%)	$641 → $751 (+17.2%)

Central

Population

2,2171,944

Median household income

$27,188$42,292

Median home value

$126,200$126,700

Median gross rent

$588$889

Elizabethton

Population

13,57714,364

Median household income

$36,863$44,834

Median home value

$124,000$159,700

Median gross rent

$641$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central	Elizabethton
Under 5	2.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	6.8%	15.7%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	20.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	18.6%	10.4%
75 and over	8.2%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central	Elizabethton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central	Elizabethton
No high school diploma	10.2%	11.4%
High school graduate	33.7%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central	Elizabethton
Drove alone	95.7%	78.1%
Carpooled	3.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central	Elizabethton
1-unit, detached	52.6%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	39.4%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Central	Elizabethton
Poverty rate	14.0%	19.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1977	1964