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Elizabethton, TN
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Living in Elizabethton



Elizabethton is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 14,244 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Elizabethton is the 41st largest community in Tennessee.

Also of interest is that Elizabethton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.11% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Elizabethton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The citizens of Elizabethton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.27% of adults in Elizabethton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Elizabethton in 2018 was $26,827, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,308 for a family of four. However, Elizabethton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Elizabethton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elizabethton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elizabethton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elizabethton include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Elizabethton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.