What is the population of Ely city?

Ely city has 2,033 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #166 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Ely city?

Median household income in Ely city is $102,262 a year, 30.2% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,014 a month and the median home value is $275,800, so rent absorbs about 11.9% of median household income.

Is Ely 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 Ely city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ely, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ely, Iowa (Ely, IA — Census place “Ely city”) is 2,033 residents, ranking #166 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $102,262, the median home is worth $275,800 and median gross rent runs $1,014 a month. Looking for the Ely Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ely, IA: 52227.

Population: 2,033Ely city residents
Median household income: $102,262Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $275,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,014Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 81.9%Owner-occupied households

Ely ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ely.

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

52227

What the numbers mean in Ely city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ely city median would spend about 11.9% 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 4.1% of residents and 81.9% of households own their home.

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

Ely city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ely city is a small town in Iowa, with 2,033 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #166 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 37.6 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 Ely city earn a median of $102,262 a year, 30.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 51% above the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 4.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ely city is valued at $275,800, 9.1% below the national figure and 76% above the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,014 a month, 27.9% below the national figure, or roughly $12,168 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.9% 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. 81.9% 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. 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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Ely city?: Ely city has 2,033 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #166 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Ely city?: Median household income in Ely city is $102,262 a year, 30.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ely city?: Median gross rent is $1,014 a month and the median home value is $275,800, so rent absorbs about 11.9% of median household income.
Is Ely 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 Ely city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ely 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.