
Minnesota · Census place 18998
Elmore, MN population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Elmore, Minnesota (Elmore, MN — Census place “Elmore city”) is 442 residents, ranking #532 of 914 places in Minnesota. Median household income is $40,938, the median home is worth $45,800 and median gross rent runs $907 a month. Looking for the Elmore Minnesota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Elmore, MN: 56027.
- Population
- 442Elmore city residents
- Median household income
- $40,938Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $45,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $907Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 40.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 67.5%Owner-occupied households
Elmore ZIP codes (Minnesota)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Elmore.
The Elmore MN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Elmore city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Elmore city median would spend about 26.6% 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 1.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 27.4% of residents and 67.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Elmore city, MN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Elmore city is a very small community in Minnesota, with 442 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #532 of 914 ranked by population — larger than 41% of them. The median age here is 40.8 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 Elmore city earn a median of $40,938 a year, 47.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 46% below the $75,469 median for the 361 Minnesota cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 27.4% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Elmore city is valued at $45,800, 84.9% below the national figure and 81% below the $240,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $907 a month, 35.5% below the national figure, or roughly $10,884 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.1×, 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. 67.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
With 442 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Elmore 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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Minnesota.
- Mantorville city 1,003
- Buhl city 1,013
- Tyler city 1,019
- Nashwauk city 1,035
- Hilltop city 1,056
- New Richland city 1,068
- Little Rock CDP 1,075
- Eden Valley city 1,077
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Elmore city?
- Elmore city has 442 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #532 of 914 in Minnesota.
- What is the median household income in Elmore city?
- Median household income in Elmore city is $40,938 a year, 47.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Elmore city?
- Median gross rent is $907 a month and the median home value is $45,800, so rent absorbs about 26.6% of median household income.
- Is Elmore city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elmore city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Elmore 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.