Overall, Elizabeth’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
In Elizabeth, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.92 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the borough is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense 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 education level of Elizabeth citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.15% of adults in Elizabeth have at least a bachelor's 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.
