Elizabeth’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Elizabeth is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Elizabeth, the average commute to work is 32.92 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the borough, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In addition, it is also a pedestrian-friendly borough. Many of Elizabeth’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
For a small borough, Elizabeth has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Elizabeth exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The citizens of Elizabeth are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.15% of adults in Elizabeth having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Elizabeth in 2022 was $27,832, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,328 for a family of four. However, Elizabeth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Elizabeth is a somewhat ethnically-diverse borough. 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, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elizabeth include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Slovak.
The most common language spoken in Elizabeth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
