Elizabeth is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 1,609 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Elizabeth is the 751st largest community in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Elizabeth is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Elizabeth is a borough of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Elizabeth who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.67%), sales jobs (9.81%), and food service (7.76%).

Because of many things, Elizabeth is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Elizabeth really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Elizabeth perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Being a small borough, Elizabeth does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Elizabeth Information and Demographics

In Elizabeth, just 11.05% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Elizabeth in 2000 was $17,618, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,472 for a family of four.

The people who call Elizabeth home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Elizabeth is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elizabeth include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, English, Slovak, French, and Hungarian.

The most common language spoken in Elizabeth is English.