Elizabethtown is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,290 people and two associated neighborhoods, Elizabethtown is the 238th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Elizabethtown is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Elizabethtown is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elizabethtown who work in food service (21.67%), management occupations (13.94%), and office and administrative support (11.81%). Being a small town, Elizabethtown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Elizabethtown are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.79% of adults in Elizabethtown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Elizabethtown in 2022 was $22,180, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,720 for a family of four. However, Elizabethtown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elizabethtown also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.13% of its population below the federal poverty line.Elizabethtown is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Elizabethtown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elizabethtown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elizabethtown include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Elizabethtown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
