Photo: Nyttend · Public domainElizabethtown spent more per resident in 2022 than 85% of similar cities
Elizabethtown’s village government spent $222,000 on day-to-day services in the year to April 30, 2022, about $816 per resident. Water and other utilities ($70,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Elizabethtown is run
Read from the village’s budget and official records.
$816 per resident in 2022: more than 85% of them
Elizabethtown’s day-to-day spending in 2022 ($816 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 637 Illinois cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $501, and the middle half spent $342–$713. Elizabethtown spent more than 85% of them.
Includes sewer and trash ($34,000), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →
Illinois cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; Elizabethtown itself left out).
About $816 per resident a year, or $2.24 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 42%.
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No trend yet
Elizabethtown reported only 2022 to the Census Bureau, so there is no trend yet.
Who’s in charge in Elizabethtown
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time village employee for every 272 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (272).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Hardin County Community Unit School District 1
Elizabethtown’s K–12 school district, shared with Cave-In-Rock, Rosiclare. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,161 per pupil, $8,414 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Illinois districts overall: 52% local, 38% state, 10% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Elizabethtown’s votes are counted by county
Illinois reports official results by county and precinct, not by village, so there are no official results for Elizabethtown alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Hardin County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican79.9%1,546 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat18.5%357 votesOthers: 1.6% (31 votes).
Most votes in Hardin County: Donald J Trump
Illinois: Harris 54.4%, Trump 43.5%
100% of Elizabethtown lies in Hardin County. Every 2024 race in Hardin County is on the county’s page.
Hardin County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Elizabethtown.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Illinois HouseState representatives
- 3Illinois SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Illinois
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
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Questions about Elizabethtown’s government
How much does Elizabethtown spend per resident?
About $816 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to April 30, 2022, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $816 was more than 85% of 637 Illinois cities of under 2,500 that don’t run their own schools.
Who runs Elizabethtown’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Elizabethtown yet.
How did Elizabethtown vote in 2024?
Illinois counts votes by county and precinct, not by village, so there are no official results for Elizabethtown alone. Hardin County, where 100% of Elizabethtown lies, voted Trump 79.9%, Harris 18.5% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Elizabethtown?
1 full-time and 3 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $10,561 (about $126,732 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Elizabethtown in the state legislature?
State Senate District 59 (Paul Jacobs) and State House District 117 (Patrick Windhorst). The House district also covers 82 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →