In addition, Elizabeth is a college town. There are a lot of students in Elizabeth attending college, and as a result Elizabeth provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
The overall crime rate in Elizabeth is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Being a small town, Elizabeth does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Elizabeth with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.24% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Elizabeth in 2022 was $19,161, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,644 for a family of four. However, Elizabeth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elizabeth also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 36.52% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Elizabeth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elizabeth residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Elizabeth include Scots-Irish, Irish, Czech, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Elizabeth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Armenian and Italian.
