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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Elizabethton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Elizabethton is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Elizabethton who work in sales jobs (11.80%), management occupations (10.08%), and office and administrative support (9.86%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.11% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 2022 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.
