† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupElizabethtownKentuckyUnited States
English13.7%14.5%9.5%
German13.1%12.7%12.5%
Irish10.7%11.0%9.4%
American8.8%11.5%5.3%
Italian2.9%2.0%4.8%
Scottish2.1%2.0%1.3%
Polish1.3%—2.2%
Norwegian1.3%——
African American†10.3%6.6%9.9%
African0.5%0.5%0.5%
West Indian0.4%——
Mexican2.4%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.7%0.5%1.8%
Panamanian0.3%——
Cuban0.3%0.7%0.7%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Korean0.8%—0.4%
Asian Indian0.7%0.3%1.4%
Filipino0.6%—0.9%
Burmese0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Elizabethtown
Kentucky
United States
Median age
35.7
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
14.9%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Elizabethtown
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$60,760
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
17.0%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.3%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Elizabethtown
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.7%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
3.4%
3.4%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
0.5%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Elizabethtown
Kentucky
United States
Catholic
—
7.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
31.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
50.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−31.3%
2008
−15.4%
2012
−14.5%
2016
−20.4%
2020
−12.8%
2024
−17.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
40.1%Harris5,277
57.8%Trump7,607
2.0%
R+17.7
R+4.9
R+16.2
13,153
R
42.6%Biden5,746
55.3%Trump7,470
2.1%
R+12.8
D+7.7
R+17.2
13,503
R
37.0%Clinton4,403
57.4%Trump6,835
5.6%
R+20.4
R+5.9
R+22.5
11,907
R
41.9%Obama4,526
56.4%Romney6,097
1.6%
R+14.5
D+0.8
R+18.4
10,801
R
41.7%Obama4,527
57.0%McCain6,195
1.3%
R+15.4
D+16.0
R+22.6
10,859
R
34.0%Kerry3,325
65.4%Bush6,388
0.6%
R+31.3
—
R+28.9
9,773
Elizabethtown's electorate reflects the military-adjacent communities that surround it: consistently Republican in federal races by double-digit margins, yet attentive to defense spending and veterans' benefits in ways that cut across party lines.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 31.3 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.7 points.
A population of 32,576, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,760 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Joplin and Hopkinsville.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Elizabethtown, Kentucky voted Republican by 17.7 points (R+17.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 13,153 votes cast, 5,277 went Democratic and 7,607 went Republican.
How many people live in Elizabethtown, Kentucky?
Elizabethtown, Kentucky has a population of 32,576 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Elizabethtown, Kentucky?
Median household income in Elizabethtown, Kentucky is $60,760 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Elizabethtown, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Elizabethtown, Kentucky from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
