What is the population of Elliott city?

Elliott city has 419 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #510 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Elliott city?

Median household income in Elliott city is $65,357 a year, 16.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $840 a month and the median home value is $68,100, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elliott city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Elliott, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Elliott, Iowa (Elliott, IA — Census place “Elliott city”) is 419 residents, ranking #510 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $65,357, the median home is worth $68,100 and median gross rent runs $840 a month. Looking for the Elliott Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Elliott, IA: 51532.

Population: 419Elliott city residents
Median household income: $65,357Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $68,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $840Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 74.5%Owner-occupied households

Elliott ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Elliott.

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

51532

What the numbers mean in Elliott city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Elliott city median would spend about 15.4% 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 1.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.7% of residents and 74.5% of households own their home.

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

Elliott city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Elliott city is a very small community in Iowa, with 419 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #510 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 50% of them. The median age here is 38.6 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 Elliott city earn a median of $65,357 a year, 16.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% below 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 Elliott city is valued at $68,100, 77.6% below the national figure and 56% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $840 a month, 40.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,080 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.4% 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×, 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. 74.5% 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 419 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Elliott city against its county rather than against national figures.

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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Elliott city?: Elliott city has 419 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #510 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Elliott city?: Median household income in Elliott city is $65,357 a year, 16.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Elliott city?: Median gross rent is $840 a month and the median home value is $68,100, so rent absorbs about 15.4% of median household income.
Is Elliott city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elliott city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Elliott 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.