What is the population of Eldon city?

Eldon city has 4,486 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #166 of 1,082 in Missouri.

What is the median household income in Eldon city?

Median household income in Eldon city is $39,202 a year, 50.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $809 a month and the median home value is $116,900, so rent absorbs about 24.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Eldon city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Eldon, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Eldon, Missouri (Eldon, MO — Census place “Eldon city”) is 4,486 residents, ranking #166 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $39,202, the median home is worth $116,900 and median gross rent runs $809 a month. Looking for the Eldon Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Eldon, MO: 65026.

Population: 4,486Eldon city residents
Median household income: $39,202Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $116,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $809Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 70.5%Owner-occupied households

Eldon ZIP codes (Missouri)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Eldon.

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

65026

What the numbers mean in Eldon city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Eldon city median would spend about 24.8% 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 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.4% of residents and 70.5% of households own their home.

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

Eldon city, MO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Eldon city is a small town in Missouri, with 4,486 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #166 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 84% of them. The median age here is 41.2 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 Eldon city earn a median of $39,202 a year, 50.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 29% below the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri 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 13.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Eldon city is valued at $116,900, 61.5% below the national figure and 23% below the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $809 a month, 42.5% below the national figure, or roughly $9,708 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.8% 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 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 70.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Eldon city?: Eldon city has 4,486 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #166 of 1,082 in Missouri.
What is the median household income in Eldon city?: Median household income in Eldon city is $39,202 a year, 50.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Eldon city?: Median gross rent is $809 a month and the median home value is $116,900, so rent absorbs about 24.8% of median household income.
Is Eldon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Eldon city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Eldon 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.