Elizabethton vs Hunter

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

Elizabethton and Hunter 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 1,997 in Hunter). Hunter has the higher median household income ($51,763 vs $44,834 in Elizabethton). Hunter has the higher median home value ($163,100 vs $159,700 in Elizabethton).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethton	Hunter
Population	14,364	1,997
Median age	40.6 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,834	$51,763
Median home value	$159,700	$163,100
Median gross rent	$751	$684
Housing units	6,729	990
Homeownership rate	62.1%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethton	Hunter
Population	13,577 → 14,364 (+5.8%)	2,390 → 1,997 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$36,863 → $44,834 (+21.6%)	$43,611 → $51,763 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$124,000 → $159,700 (+28.8%)	$131,900 → $163,100 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $751 (+17.2%)	$516 → $684 (+32.6%)

Elizabethton

Population

13,57714,364

Median household income

$36,863$44,834

Median home value

$124,000$159,700

Median gross rent

$641$751

Hunter

Population

2,3901,997

Median household income

$43,611$51,763

Median home value

$131,900$163,100

Median gross rent

$516$684

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethton	Hunter
Under 5	5.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	15.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	17.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	6.3%
75 and over	10.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethton	Hunter
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	97.8%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethton	Hunter
No high school diploma	11.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	33.1%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethton	Hunter
Drove alone	78.1%	92.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	7.6%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethton	Hunter
1-unit, detached	65.8%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethton	Hunter
Poverty rate	19.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1964	1983