Elkader vs Garnavillo

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

Elkader and Garnavillo 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 815 in Garnavillo). Garnavillo has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $61,786 in Elkader). Elkader has the higher median home value ($134,300 vs $117,200 in Garnavillo).

Population, income & housing

	Elkader	Garnavillo
Population	1,249	815
Median age	42.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,786	$81,250
Median home value	$134,300	$117,200
Median gross rent	$851	$920
Housing units	704	380
Homeownership rate	68.7%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkader	Garnavillo
Population	1,376 → 1,249 (-9.2%)	826 → 815 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$48,542 → $61,786 (+27.3%)	$53,295 → $81,250 (+52.5%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $134,300 (+50.2%)	$89,700 → $117,200 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $851 (+25.7%)	$619 → $920 (+48.6%)

Elkader

Population

1,3761,249

Median household income

$48,542$61,786

Median home value

$89,400$134,300

Median gross rent

$677$851

Garnavillo

Population

826815

Median household income

$53,295$81,250

Median home value

$89,700$117,200

Median gross rent

$619$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkader	Garnavillo
Under 5	4.6%	8.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	6.6%	7.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	17.9%	14.6%
75 and over	11.7%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkader	Garnavillo
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkader	Garnavillo
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.4%
High school graduate	40.1%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkader	Garnavillo
Drove alone	79.3%	80.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	2.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkader	Garnavillo
1-unit, detached	70.6%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Elkader	Garnavillo
Poverty rate	7.5%	11.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1954	1959