† 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
GroupElizabethtownPennsylvaniaUnited States
German34.1%21.6%12.5%
Irish11.8%14.8%9.4%
English10.1%8.3%9.5%
Italian6.5%10.6%4.8%
American5.9%4.4%5.3%
Polish3.1%5.4%2.2%
French1.7%—1.6%
Scottish1.7%1.1%1.3%
Puerto Rican3.1%3.7%1.8%
Dominican0.6%1.4%0.7%
Mexican0.5%1.4%11.3%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.2%0.4%
Vietnamese0.4%0.3%0.6%
Asian Indian0.2%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.9%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
African American†1.8%8.7%9.9%
African0.2%0.4%0.5%
Ethiopian0.2%——
Haitian0.2%0.2%0.3%
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
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
34.9
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
19.8%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.7%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Elizabethtown
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$76,105
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
7.6%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.4%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Elizabethtown
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
5.2%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
1.9%
5.6%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.0%
1.7%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Elizabethtown
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
—
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
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, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−33.6%
2008
−13.6%
2012
−19.2%
2016
−21.7%
2020
−15.2%
2024
−14.5%
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 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle 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
41.8%Harris2,485
56.3%Trump3,346
1.9%
R+14.5
D+0.7
R+13.0
5,945
R
41.3%Biden2,339
56.6%Trump3,200
2.1%
R+15.2
D+6.4
R+19.7
5,658
R
35.7%Clinton1,761
57.4%Trump2,829
6.9%
R+21.7
R+2.5
R+23.7
4,931
R
39.5%Obama1,772
58.6%Romney2,632
1.9%
R+19.2
R+5.5
R+23.0
4,488
R
42.6%Obama2,109
56.3%McCain2,784
1.1%
R+13.6
D+20.0
R+20.9
4,948
R
32.6%Kerry1,581
66.3%Bush3,211
1.1%
R+33.6
—
R+31.2
4,846
Elizabethtown sits at the edge of Lancaster County's expanding commuter belt, drawing younger households while retaining a working-class core — a demographic mix that has kept its margins competitive in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 33.6 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.5 points.
A population of 11,925, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,105 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Manheim and Withamsville.
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, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 14.5 points (R+14.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,945 votes cast, 2,485 went Democratic and 3,346 went Republican.
How many people live in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania?
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania has a population of 11,925 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania is $76,105 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
