What is the population of Elroy city?

Elroy city has 1,529 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #308 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Elroy city?

Median household income in Elroy city is $58,750 a year, 25.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $918 a month and the median home value is $120,500, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elroy city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Elroy, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Elroy, Wisconsin (Elroy, WI — Census place “Elroy city”) is 1,529 residents, ranking #308 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $58,750, the median home is worth $120,500 and median gross rent runs $918 a month. Looking for the Elroy Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Elroy, WI: 53929.

Population: 1,529Elroy city residents
Median household income: $58,750Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $120,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $918Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.6%Owner-occupied households

Elroy ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Elroy.

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

53929

What the numbers mean in Elroy city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Elroy city median would spend about 18.8% 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 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.9% of residents and 71.6% of households own their home.

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

Elroy city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Elroy city is a small town in Wisconsin, with 1,529 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #308 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 61% of them. The median age here is 36.9 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 Elroy city earn a median of $58,750 a year, 25.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 20% below the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 15.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Elroy city is valued at $120,500, 60.3% below the national figure and 43% below the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $918 a month, 34.7% below the national figure, or roughly $11,016 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.8% 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 2.1×, 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. 71.6% 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 Elroy city?: Elroy city has 1,529 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #308 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Elroy city?: Median household income in Elroy city is $58,750 a year, 25.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Elroy city?: Median gross rent is $918 a month and the median home value is $120,500, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.
Is Elroy city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elroy city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Elroy 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.