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What Is It Like to Live in Elizabethtown?

What it costs to live in Elizabethtown, and how it compares with other Kentucky cities, in plain numbers.

Value score

44

17th best value in Kentucky

How much you get for what you pay, versus other Kentucky cities.

Overall livability

61

10th overall in Kentucky

Cost, safety, schools, jobs and quality of life combined.

Elizabethtown is home to about 31,066 people. A typical home runs $180,400 and a household earns around $51,900, a price-to-income ratio of 3.5. Among Kentucky's largest cities, it ranks 17th for value and 10th overall.

Elizabethtown at a glance

Median home price

$180,400

25th in KY of 30

Median rent

$804/mo

Median household income

$51,900

Home price to income

3.5x

Unemployment

5.0%

15th in KY of 30

School rating

3/10

16th in KY of 30

Air quality (AQI)

45

0th in KY of 30

Walk score

2/100

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Sources: Home prices and rent from Zillow; income, unemployment and commute from the U.S. Census; school ratings from state education data; crime from the FBI; air quality from the EPA. City rankings are within Kentucky only. Updated 2026.