Edgewood vs Elkader

A side-by-side comparison of Edgewood and Elkader: population, income, housing, and more.

Edgewood and Elkader are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elkader has the higher population (1,249 vs 787 in Edgewood). Elkader has the higher median household income ($61,786 vs $56,875 in Edgewood). Edgewood has the higher median home value ($167,000 vs $134,300 in Elkader).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewood	Elkader
Population	787	1,249
Median age	54.0 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,875	$61,786
Median home value	$167,000	$134,300
Median gross rent	$975	$851
Housing units	418	704
Homeownership rate	67.9%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewood	Elkader
Population	622 → 787 (+26.5%)	1,376 → 1,249 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$53,333 → $56,875 (+6.6%)	$48,542 → $61,786 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $167,000 (+53.2%)	$89,400 → $134,300 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $975 (+95.0%)	$677 → $851 (+25.7%)

Edgewood

Population

622787

Median household income

$53,333$56,875

Median home value

$109,000$167,000

Median gross rent

$500$975

Elkader

Population

1,3761,249

Median household income

$48,542$61,786

Median home value

$89,400$134,300

Median gross rent

$677$851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewood	Elkader
Under 5	4.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	7.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	14.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	5.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	6.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	16.8%	17.9%
75 and over	20.2%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewood	Elkader
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewood	Elkader
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	56.8%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewood	Elkader
Drove alone	76.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	1.8%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	12.0%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	9.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewood	Elkader
1-unit, detached	67.9%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Edgewood	Elkader
Poverty rate	7.4%	7.5%
Average household size	1.92	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1980	1954