Elizabethton, Tennessee

Elizabethton population, 2020 to 2024

Elizabethton lost 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +137. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 89th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Elizabethton is 1.2 times that size.

Elizabethton covers 9.55 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 1,514 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Elizabethton is denser than the typical town.

What county Elizabethton is in

All of Elizabethton's residents live in Carter County, which had 57,434 residents in 2024. Elizabethton holds 25.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elizabethton

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Elizabethton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37643, 37682. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Elizabethton is

The Census internal point of Elizabethton is at 36.339600, -82.237800. Nashville, the capital, is 253.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Johnson City, TN (73,635 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 98.8 miles away.

Daylight in Elizabethton

At 36.34° N, Elizabethton gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elizabethton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Johnson City, 8.0 miles away, with 73,635 people.