ElizabethtownOH
Is Elizabethtown a good place to live?
Elizabethtown’s typical journey to work is 12 minutes, below both the Ohio town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only one of the 994 Ohio towns we compare has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Elizabethtown. Fort Miami is on the National Register of Historic Places. Elizabethtown has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Elizabethtown stand out
Where Elizabethtown beats most towns.
347 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Creation Museum and 50 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Elizabethtown. Close and well known come first.
5 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a year
Big draw31 mi Theme parkKings Island3.2M visitors a year
16 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
Big draw39 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
17 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
16 mi Stadium & arenaNippert StadiumPhoto credits
Creation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Elizabethtown: who provides what
Elizabethtown is unincorporated, so Hamilton County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Elizabethtown.
Natural hazards: high risk in Elizabethtown, mostly inland flooding
Elizabethtown’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is recorded as 69 of 100. Expected losses in Elizabethtown break down as 74% from inland flooding and 14% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Elizabethtown brings four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 23° on a January night to 86° on a July afternoon, with about 23 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Elizabethtown stands out in Ohio and nationally: the median household income there is lower
For working residents in Elizabethtown, the share who work locally is 0.9%. Since 2014, Elizabethtown has added 74 jobs, to 105 in 2024. The top destinations are Cincinnati (12%), Harrison (10%) and Blue Ash (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.
| Elizabethtown | Typical Ohio town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $39,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 6.8% | 7.9% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Compared with most of Ohio and the rest of the country, more of Elizabethtown’s adults smoke cigarettes
Elizabethtown: 29% of adults say their health is fair or poor. 17% of Elizabethtown adults have diabetes.
| Elizabethtown | Typical Ohio town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 20% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Elizabethtown | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 35.2% | 15.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 13.2% | 8% |
| More smokers | 24.9% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Elizabethtown
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Elizabethtown
About 1 of every 100 Elizabethtown residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Elizabethtown
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
Elizabethtown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Whitewater Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 323 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 491 ft
Questions about Elizabethtown
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Elizabethtown, OH a good place to live?
Elizabethtown has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.