Cost of living in Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Simple answer
Typical rent is $909 a month.
Elizabethtown is a city in Kentucky. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $60,760 a year.
- People
- 32,576
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $909
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $60,760
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $245,900
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,087
- Elizabethtown, KY HUD Metro FMR Area
Elizabethtown, Kentucky has about 32,576 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $245,900.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Hardin County is $1,087 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Elizabethtown. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Elizabethtown, KY metro area, prices sit at 90.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Kentucky taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Elizabethtown's exact store tax.
Some places in Kentucky add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.93% of income. That is not a Elizabethtown bill.
In July 2026, a typical Kentucky home paid 13.81¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Elizabethtown's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Kentucky in the table we use.
Among 216 places we list in Kentucky with a rent figure, 92 have higher typical rent than Elizabethtown.
Nearby places
- Rineyville
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Typical rent $827
Compare with Elizabethtown - Hodgenville
Typical rent $956
Compare with Elizabethtown - Fort Knox
Typical rent $1,502
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Typical rent $879
Compare with Elizabethtown - Shepherdsville
Typical rent $943
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EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Kentucky
Bigger places in Kentucky
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.