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Elizabethtown, KY vs Green Bay, WI

Elizabethtown

Kentucky

vs

Green Bay

Wisconsin

Across 39 directional measures we can compare, Elizabethtown leads on 21 and Green Bay on 18. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 3% higher in Green Bay, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$909$932
Elizabethtown is 2% lower
Median household income
$60,760$66,206
Elizabethtown is 8% lower
Median home value
$245,900$207,200
Elizabethtown is 19% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $52,200 a year left in Elizabethtown and $56,800 in Green Bay. Money goes further in Green Bay, by about $4,600 a year.
  • A household earning Elizabethtown's median of $60,760 would need about $62,000 in Green Bay to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, pay outran rent by 2.6 points a year in Elizabethtown, and pay outran rent by 1.1 points a year in Green Bay.

How these are calculated

KentuckyWisconsinGreen Bay, WIElizabethtown, KYElizabethtownGreen BayElizabethtownGreen Bay

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Top 2 of 2 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Elizabethtown, KYComposite 57.8 / 100
71
57354275815484
02Green Bay, WIComposite 56.2 / 100
67
75543834845852

CTX is the Citytistics Index: better than that share of the places we rate. It tops out at 99, so the top 1% show their national rank (#1 is best). Change any weight to rank on your own mix. How the CTX is built

Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureElizabethtownGreen BayAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$909$932
Rent to income118.0%16.9%
Property tax rate10.7%1.5%
Home price to income14.0x3.1x
Prices vs US average290.693.1
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,087$1,287
HUD area median income4$92,100n/a
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$1,740$3,125
Median home value1$245,900$207,200
Home prices, 1-year change54.7%6.6%
Home prices, 5-year change560.6%66.1%
Homeownership149.3%57.9%
Renters paying 30%+140.6%44.5%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,511$1,377
Vacant homes17.5%4.2%
Median year built119901971
Jobs and income
Median household income1$60,760$66,206
Income per person1$35,019$35,940
Unemployment15.2%3.7%
Average annual pay6$55,921$66,296
Pay growth, 1 year60.2%4.7%
Jobs648,702160,329
Poverty rate117.0%14.7%
Mean commute120 min19 min
Works from home16.5%10.7%
Commutes by transit1n/a0.9%
People
Population132,576106,253
Population change since 2020712.9%-0.6%
Median age135.736.0
Bachelor's or higher128.3%26.7%
High school or higher194.0%89.4%
Household size12.32.4
Born abroad16.2%9.0%
No health insurance16.9%7.8%
Homes with broadband187.7%90.4%
Moving
Moved here in the past year19.2%4.9%
Moved from another state12.8%1.4%
Net movers per 1,000 people8-2.20.7
Income of households moving in8$54,365$70,168
Income of households moving out8$55,928$65,406
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k918.721.5
Shops per 10k936.430.4
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k92.65.2
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k923.417.6
Child care centers per 10k92.12.0
Parks per 10k103.716.9
Playgrounds per 10k1012.98.8
Grocery stores per 10k104.61.7
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k1031.015.0
Libraries per 10k100.61.0
Named paths and bike trails1034.730.6
Transit stops per sq mi100.00.2
Nearest National Park Service site1114.6100.8
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1120
National Register listings123928
Founded or incorporated1317971634
Safety
Violent crime per 100k14107448
Property crime per 100k146361,178
Schools
Public schools151957
Public school students157,38027,446
Students per teacher1514.913.6
Climate
July average high1687°F80°F
January average low1625°F11°F
Average temperature1656°F45°F
Annual precipitation1651.3 in32.8 in
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1775.590.0
Hurricane risk1740.326.1
Tornado risk1784.293.4
Wildfire risk1732.833.8
Heat wave risk1772.076.0
Median air quality index184337
Good air days1873.4%73.2%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Elizabethtown $36,360, Green Bay $37,280 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  12. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  13. Wikidata · Wikimedia Foundation (CC0) · Retrieved 2026-11
  14. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  15. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  16. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  17. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  18. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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