Elkhart vs Emden

A side-by-side comparison of Elkhart and Emden: population, income, housing, and more.

Elkhart and Emden are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elkhart has the higher population (442 vs 374 in Emden). Elkhart has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $68,875 in Emden). Elkhart has the higher median home value ($123,200 vs $111,300 in Emden).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart	Emden
Population	442	374
Median age	45.3 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$98,750	$68,875
Median home value	$123,200	$111,300
Median gross rent	$768	$850
Housing units	216	190
Homeownership rate	78.4%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart	Emden
Population	482 → 442 (-8.3%)	468 → 374 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$68,250 → $98,750 (+44.7%)	$56,346 → $68,875 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $123,200 (+11.8%)	$96,500 → $111,300 (+15.3%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $768 (+9.7%)	$700 → $850 (+21.4%)

Elkhart

Population

482442

Median household income

$68,250$98,750

Median home value

$110,200$123,200

Median gross rent

$700$768

Emden

Population

468374

Median household income

$56,346$68,875

Median home value

$96,500$111,300

Median gross rent

$700$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart	Emden
Under 5	4.8%	8.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	9.9%
18 to 24	2.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	18.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	6.1%
45 to 54	18.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.6%
75 and over	6.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart	Emden
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart	Emden
No high school diploma	3.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	30.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart	Emden
Drove alone	79.9%	84.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart	Emden
1-unit, detached	96.8%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart	Emden
Poverty rate	3.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.22	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1957	1958