
In the most recent figures released by the North Carolina ABC Board, Elizabethtown, compared to five other eastern towns of similar size, compared favorably as far as percentage of profit on total sales of alcoholic beverages
Elizabethtown ABC store showed yearly income of $2,475,973 with a profit of $330,551 before distributions (13.35%).
Other eastern N.C. towns of comparable size were:
• Clinton, sales of $3,486,337, profit of $456,713 before distributions (13.10%)
• Dunn, sales of $4,159,981, profit of $339,539 before distributions (8.16%)
• Hamlet, sales of $2,059,892, profit of $166,000 before distributions (8.06%)
• Wallace, sales of $2,987,620, profit of $301,158 before distributions (10.21%)
• Tabor City, sales of $1,404,196, profit of $88,398 before distributions (6.30%)