North Carolina · Census place 20600
Elizabethtown town, NC
Quick answer
Elizabethtown town has 3,294 residents, ranking #243 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $32,577, the median home is worth $153,400 and median gross rent runs $650 a month.
- Population
- 3,294Elizabethtown town residents
- Median household income
- $32,577Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $153,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $650Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 48 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 46.5%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Elizabethtown town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Elizabethtown town median would spend about 23.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 34.1% of residents and 46.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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