† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupElizabethtown, KYKentuckyUnited States
English13.7%14.5%9.5%
German12.4%12.7%12.5%
Irish10.8%11.0%9.4%
American9.7%11.5%5.3%
Italian2.6%2.0%4.8%
Scottish2.0%2.0%1.3%
Polish1.1%—2.2%
Norwegian1.1%——
African American†8.7%6.6%9.9%
African0.4%0.5%0.5%
West Indian0.4%——
Mexican2.7%2.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.8%0.5%1.8%
Panamanian0.4%——
Cuban0.3%0.7%0.7%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Korean0.5%—0.4%
Asian Indian0.4%0.3%1.4%
Filipino0.4%—0.9%
Burmese0.2%——
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, KY
Kentucky
United States
Median age
37.7
39.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.3%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.5%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Elizabethtown, KY
Kentucky
United States
Median household income
$67,578
$63,726
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.7%
16.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.7%
27.7%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Elizabethtown, KY
Kentucky
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
6.4%
6.8%
22.3%
Spanish
3.2%
3.4%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Elizabethtown, KY
Kentucky
United States
Catholic
5.3%
7.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
32.2%
31.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
55.6%
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, KY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+20.4%
1896
+18.6%
1900
+18.1%
1904
+22.0%
1908
+19.1%
1912
+42.2%
1916
+24.0%
1920
+19.8%
1924
+20.6%
1928
−13.8%
1932
+36.4%
1936
+32.6%
1940
+32.4%
1944
+19.4%
1948
+23.6%
1952
+9.2%
1956
−9.2%
1960
−12.8%
1964
+34.6%
1968
−8.8%
1972
−32.8%
1976
+9.6%
1980
−5.5%
1984
−37.0%
1988
−27.0%
1992
−9.2%
1996
−5.5%
2000
−26.6%
2004
−36.3%
2008
−22.7%
2012
−22.9%
2016
−33.4%
2020
−28.3%
2024
−33.4%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
32.5%Harris17,961
65.9%Trump36,445
1.7%
R+33.4
R+5.1
R+31.9
55,341
R
34.9%Biden19,605
63.2%Trump35,517
2.0%
R+28.3
D+5.1
R+32.7
56,242
R
30.7%Clinton15,222
64.2%Trump31,770
5.1%
R+33.4
R+10.5
R+35.5
49,523
R
37.7%Obama16,947
60.6%Romney27,268
1.7%
R+22.9
R+0.2
R+26.8
44,982
R
38.0%Obama17,563
60.8%McCain28,049
1.2%
R+22.7
D+13.6
R+30.0
46,168
R
31.4%Kerry13,330
67.8%Bush28,738
0.8%
R+36.3
R+9.8
R+33.9
42,409
R
35.7%Gore12,822
62.3%Bush22,348
1.9%
R+26.6
R+21.1
R+27.1
35,869
R
41.8%Clinton13,071
47.3%Dole14,782
10.9%
R+5.5
D+3.7
R+14.0
31,275
R
37.6%Clinton11,607
46.8%Bush14,453
15.6%
R+9.2
D+17.7
R+14.8
30,888
R
36.3%Dukakis9,084
63.3%Bush15,830
0.4%
R+27.0
D+10.1
R+19.2
25,022
R
31.2%Mondale7,843
68.2%Reagan17,166
0.6%
R+37.0
R+31.6
R+18.8
25,171
R
45.8%Carter10,522
51.2%Reagan11,779
3.0%
R+5.5
R+15.1
D+4.3
22,987
D
54.1%Carter10,184
44.4%Ford8,374
1.5%
D+9.6
D+42.4
D+7.5
18,840
R
32.2%McGovern5,543
64.9%Nixon11,189
2.9%
R+32.8
R+23.9
R+9.6
17,236
R
34.4%Humphrey5,721
43.2%Nixon7,191
22.4%
R+8.8
R+43.4
R+8.1
16,634
D
67.0%Johnson10,202
32.4%Goldwater4,939
0.5%
D+34.6
D+47.3
D+12.0
15,221
R
43.6%Kennedy6,854
56.4%Nixon8,859
0.0%
R+12.8
R+3.6
R+12.9
15,713
R
45.2%Stevenson6,184
54.3%Eisenhower7,437
0.5%
R+9.2
R+18.4
D+6.2
13,689
D
54.4%Stevenson6,760
45.2%Eisenhower5,615
0.4%
D+9.2
R+14.4
D+20.0
12,420
D
60.6%Truman5,854
37.0%Dewey3,574
2.3%
D+23.6
D+4.2
D+19.1
9,653
D
59.5%Roosevelt6,501
40.1%Dewey4,381
0.5%
D+19.4
R+13.0
D+11.9
10,935
D
66.1%Roosevelt7,181
33.7%Willkie3,660
0.3%
D+32.4
R+0.2
D+22.4
10,871
D
66.0%Roosevelt6,785
33.4%Landon3,435
0.6%
D+32.6
R+3.8
D+8.3
10,281
D
67.8%Roosevelt8,697
31.5%Hoover4,036
0.7%
D+36.4
D+50.1
D+18.6
12,819
R
43.0%Smith4,937
56.8%Hoover6,516
0.2%
R+13.8
R+34.4
D+3.7
11,473
D
59.4%Davis6,289
38.8%Coolidge4,107
1.9%
D+20.6
D+0.8
D+45.8
10,592
D
59.6%Cox7,743
39.8%Harding5,172
0.6%
D+19.8
R+4.2
D+46.0
12,993
D
61.7%Wilson4,622
37.7%Hughes2,823
0.5%
D+24.0
R+18.2
D+20.9
7,486
D
57.1%Wilson3,921
14.9%Taft1,022
28.0%
D+42.2
D+23.2
D+22.7
6,863
D
58.9%Bryan4,347
39.9%Taft2,942
1.2%
D+19.1
R+2.9
D+28.6
7,375
D
59.6%Parker4,015
37.6%Roosevelt2,534
2.8%
D+22.0
D+3.9
D+41.6
6,738
D
58.3%Bryan4,479
40.2%McKinley3,089
1.4%
D+18.1
R+0.5
D+25.7
7,677
D
58.1%Bryan4,172
39.6%McKinley2,840
2.3%
D+18.6
R+1.8
D+24.6
7,175
D
51.9%Cleveland2,706
31.5%Harrison1,643
16.6%
D+20.4
—
D+18.7
5,212
Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
35.2%12,709
64.7%23,368
36,091
2020
R
37.3%20,968
57.9%32,585
56,243
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+6.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+33.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 27 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Elizabethtown, KY in Elizabethtown, KY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−456
2012
−612
2013
−399
2014
−1,429
2015
−3,125
2016
−78
2017
+759
2018
+1,669
2019
+357
2021
+945
2022
+62
2023
+363
2024
−278
2025
+512
Anchored by Fort Knox and a manufacturing base along the I-65 corridor, the Elizabethtown metro has delivered Republican presidential margins above 30 points in recent cycles, reflecting the heavily white, working-class composition of Hardin and surrounding counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 37.0 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.4 points.
A population of 127,049, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,578 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bowling Green, KY and Washington, IN.
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In 2024, Elizabethtown, KY, Kentucky voted Republican by 33.4 points (R+33.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 55,341 votes cast, 17,961 went Democratic and 36,445 went Republican.
When did Elizabethtown, KY, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Elizabethtown, KY, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Elizabethtown, KY, Kentucky?
Elizabethtown, KY, Kentucky has a population of 127,049 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Elizabethtown, KY, Kentucky?
Median household income in Elizabethtown, KY, Kentucky is $67,578 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Elizabethtown, KY, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Elizabethtown, KY, Kentucky from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
