Elizabethton vs Valley Forge

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

Elizabethton and Valley Forge 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 1,900 in Valley Forge). Valley Forge has the higher median household income ($50,259 vs $44,834 in Elizabethton). Elizabethton has the higher median home value ($159,700 vs $145,500 in Valley Forge).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabethton	Valley Forge
Population	14,364	1,900
Median age	40.6 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,834	$50,259
Median home value	$159,700	$145,500
Median gross rent	$751	$736
Housing units	6,729	978
Homeownership rate	62.1%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabethton	Valley Forge
Population	13,577 → 14,364 (+5.8%)	1,805 → 1,900 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$36,863 → $44,834 (+21.6%)	$29,556 → $50,259 (+70.0%)
Median home value	$124,000 → $159,700 (+28.8%)	$96,400 → $145,500 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $751 (+17.2%)	$621 → $736 (+18.5%)

Elizabethton

Population

13,57714,364

Median household income

$36,863$44,834

Median home value

$124,000$159,700

Median gross rent

$641$751

Valley Forge

Population

1,8051,900

Median household income

$29,556$50,259

Median home value

$96,400$145,500

Median gross rent

$621$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabethton	Valley Forge
Under 5	5.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	6.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	5.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	25.6%
65 to 74	10.4%	14.9%
75 and over	10.7%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabethton	Valley Forge
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	95.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabethton	Valley Forge
No high school diploma	11.4%	10.2%
High school graduate	33.1%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabethton	Valley Forge
Drove alone	78.1%	89.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	1.1%
Public transit	0.0%	5.1%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	2.5%
Other means	2.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabethton	Valley Forge
1-unit, detached	65.8%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Elizabethton	Valley Forge
Poverty rate	19.0%	24.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1964	1970