Iowa · Census place 24735
Elkhart, IA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Elkhart, Iowa (Elkhart, IA — Census place “Elkhart city”) is 680 residents, ranking #401 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $81,771, the median home is worth $241,700 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Elkhart Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Elkhart, IA: 50073.
- Population
- 680Elkhart city residents
- Median household income
- $81,771Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $241,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 85.9%Owner-occupied households
Elkhart ZIP codes (Iowa)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Elkhart.
The Elkhart IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Elkhart city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
The median home costs 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.7% of residents and 85.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Elkhart city, IA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Elkhart city is a very small community in Iowa, with 680 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #401 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 60% of them. The median age here is 38.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Elkhart city earn a median of $81,771 a year, 4.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 21% above the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Elkhart city is valued at $241,700, 20.3% below the national figure and 55% above the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 85.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 680 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Elkhart city against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld gross rent for Elkhart city because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Elkhart city?
- Elkhart city has 680 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #401 of 1,026 in Iowa.
- What is the median household income in Elkhart city?
- Median household income in Elkhart city is $81,771 a year, 4.1% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Elkhart city?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $241,700.
- Is Elkhart city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elkhart city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
- How current is this Elkhart 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.