Elkader vs Guttenberg

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

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

Guttenberg has the higher population (1,675 vs 1,249 in Elkader). Elkader has the higher median household income ($61,786 vs $49,613 in Guttenberg). Guttenberg has the higher median home value ($183,800 vs $134,300 in Elkader).

Population, income & housing

	Elkader	Guttenberg
Population	1,249	1,675
Median age	42.7 yrs	57.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,786	$49,613
Median home value	$134,300	$183,800
Median gross rent	$851	$799
Housing units	704	931
Homeownership rate	68.7%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkader	Guttenberg
Population	1,376 → 1,249 (-9.2%)	1,683 → 1,675 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$48,542 → $61,786 (+27.3%)	$41,763 → $49,613 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $134,300 (+50.2%)	$150,100 → $183,800 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $851 (+25.7%)	$539 → $799 (+48.2%)

Elkader

Population

1,3761,249

Median household income

$48,542$61,786

Median home value

$89,400$134,300

Median gross rent

$677$851

Guttenberg

Population

1,6831,675

Median household income

$41,763$49,613

Median home value

$150,100$183,800

Median gross rent

$539$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkader	Guttenberg
Under 5	4.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	11.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	6.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	6.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	22.5%
65 to 74	17.9%	10.7%
75 and over	11.7%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkader	Guttenberg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkader	Guttenberg
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	40.1%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkader	Guttenberg
Drove alone	79.3%	81.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkader	Guttenberg
1-unit, detached	70.6%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Elkader	Guttenberg
Poverty rate	7.5%	21.8%
Average household size	2.00	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1954	1963