What is the population of Earling city?

Earling city has 466 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #486 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Earling city?

Median household income in Earling city is $44,375 a year, 43.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Earling city?

Median gross rent is $731 a month and the median home value is $117,600, so rent absorbs about 19.8% of median household income.

Is Earling city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Earling city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Earling, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Earling, Iowa (Earling, IA — Census place “Earling city”) is 466 residents, ranking #486 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $44,375, the median home is worth $117,600 and median gross rent runs $731 a month. Looking for the Earling Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Earling, IA: 51530.

Population: 466Earling city residents
Median household income: $44,375Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $117,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $731Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.2%Owner-occupied households

Earling ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Earling.

The Earling IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

51530

What the numbers mean in Earling city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Earling city median would spend about 19.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.9% of residents and 71.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Earling city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Earling city is a very small community in Iowa, with 466 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #486 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 52% of them. The median age here is 41.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Earling city earn a median of $44,375 a year, 43.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 35% below the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 8.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Earling city is valued at $117,600, 61.2% below the national figure and 25% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $731 a month, 48% below the national figure, or roughly $8,772 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

With 466 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Earling city against its county rather than against national figures.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Earling city?: Earling city has 466 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #486 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Earling city?: Median household income in Earling city is $44,375 a year, 43.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Earling city?: Median gross rent is $731 a month and the median home value is $117,600, so rent absorbs about 19.8% of median household income.
Is Earling city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Earling city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Earling city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.