What is the population of Eldora city?

Eldora city has 2,622 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #139 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Eldora city?

Median household income in Eldora city is $72,107 a year, 8.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $735 a month and the median home value is $108,800, so rent absorbs about 12.2% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Eldora city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Eldora, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Eldora, Iowa (Eldora, IA — Census place “Eldora city”) is 2,622 residents, ranking #139 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $72,107, the median home is worth $108,800 and median gross rent runs $735 a month. Looking for the Eldora Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Eldora, IA: 50627.

Population: 2,622Eldora city residents
Median household income: $72,107Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $108,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $735Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66%Owner-occupied households

Eldora ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Eldora.

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

50627

What the numbers mean in Eldora city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Eldora city median would spend about 12.2% 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 1.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.7% of residents and 66% of households own their home.

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

Eldora city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Eldora city is a small town in Iowa, with 2,622 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #139 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 39.7 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 Eldora city earn a median of $72,107 a year, 8.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% above the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 7.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Eldora city is valued at $108,800, 64.1% below the national figure and 30% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $735 a month, 47.7% below the national figure, or roughly $8,820 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.2% 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 1.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 66% 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.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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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What is the population of Eldora city?: Eldora city has 2,622 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #139 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Eldora city?: Median household income in Eldora city is $72,107 a year, 8.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Eldora city?: Median gross rent is $735 a month and the median home value is $108,800, so rent absorbs about 12.2% of median household income.
Is Eldora city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Eldora city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Eldora 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.