What is the population of Emmetsburg city?

Emmetsburg city has 3,651 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #109 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Emmetsburg city?

Median household income in Emmetsburg city is $57,353 a year, 27% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $589 a month and the median home value is $114,600, so rent absorbs about 12.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Emmetsburg city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Emmetsburg, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Emmetsburg, Iowa (Emmetsburg, IA — Census place “Emmetsburg city”) is 3,651 residents, ranking #109 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $57,353, the median home is worth $114,600 and median gross rent runs $589 a month. Looking for the Emmetsburg Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Emmetsburg, IA: 50536.

Population: 3,651Emmetsburg city residents
Median household income: $57,353Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $114,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $589Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.9%Owner-occupied households

Emmetsburg ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Emmetsburg.

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

50536

What the numbers mean in Emmetsburg city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Emmetsburg city median would spend about 12.3% 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 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.3% of residents and 69.9% of households own their home.

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

Emmetsburg city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Emmetsburg city is a small town in Iowa, with 3,651 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #109 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 45 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 Emmetsburg city earn a median of $57,353 a year, 27% below the national figure of $78,538 and 15% 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 17.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Emmetsburg city is valued at $114,600, 62.2% below the national figure and 27% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $589 a month, 58.1% below the national figure, or roughly $7,068 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.3% 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×, 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. 69.9% 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 Emmetsburg city?: Emmetsburg city has 3,651 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #109 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Emmetsburg city?: Median household income in Emmetsburg city is $57,353 a year, 27% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Emmetsburg city?: Median gross rent is $589 a month and the median home value is $114,600, so rent absorbs about 12.3% of median household income.
Is Emmetsburg city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Emmetsburg city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Emmetsburg 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.