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Elkader, IA

1,293 Population
1.4 square miles 945.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clayton County: 46.4 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,661 ±$8,557 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Clayton County: $38,594 ±$1,945
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,857 ±$17,268 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clayton County: $67,242 ±$4,606
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.6% ±5% (120  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Clayton County: 10.9% † 1,829 (±1.6% / ±266)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.8 minutes ±5.6 (8,510  ±1,931) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Clayton County: 23.1 173,580 (±1.5 / ±13,050)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

574 ±77 Number of households
  • Clayton County: 7,509 ±195
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (1,261  ±231) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Clayton County: 2.2 16,712 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±3.7% (13  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Clayton County: 9.3% † 291 (±2.3% / ±73)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

678 ±85 Number of housing units
  • Clayton County: 8,796 ±39
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$143,200 ±$18,616 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Clayton County: $168,500 ±$5,186
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.5% ±11% (173  ±144.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Clayton County: 10% † 1,683 (±2% / ±339.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.9% ±20% (885  ±125.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Clayton County: 92.6% 11,277 (±3.7% / ±457.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26% ±6.3% (237  ±67.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Clayton County: 14.5% 1,764 (±1.4% / ±170.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% ±2.8% (29  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Clayton County: 2.3% 384
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.8% ±3.4% (96  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Clayton County: 8.2% † 1,087 (±0.9% / ±118)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
96 Total veterans ±36 81 Male ±35 15 Female ±15

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