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Elizabethtown is a small town of 3,277 people in Bladen County, North Carolina. It's about 38 miles from Fayetteville, NC and 84 miles from Raleigh, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 54°F, with about 1 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $159k and rent runs about $606 a month.
3,277people
$159kTypical home
$606/moRent
91° / 54°Summer / winter
1"Snow
253Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,277
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 615 people per sq mi
- 84 mi to Raleigh, NC
- 38 mi to Fayetteville, NC
- 23 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $159k (≈$1,004/mo)
- Median rent $606/mo
- Median household income $29k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 54°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 70°F)
- 253 sunny days a year (108 totally clear)
- 112 cloudy days a year
- 32 of 90 winter days are gray
- 1" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (664 per 100k)
- High property crime (4,421 per 100k)
People
- Median age 52
- 25% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to FAY airport
- 68 mi to MYR (major hub)
- 34 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 74% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 128 ft
- 47 mi to the ocean
- 117 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 145 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 79 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 6 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 35 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 25% of North Carolina districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 44 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 24 mi to the nearest vet
- 32 mi to the nearest dog park
- 16 congregations per 10k people
- 22 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Bladen County: R+20 in 2024
- North Carolina: R+3 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.