Elkader vs Monona

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

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

Monona has the higher population (1,618 vs 1,249 in Elkader). Monona has the higher median household income ($70,509 vs $61,786 in Elkader). Elkader has the higher median home value ($134,300 vs $125,900 in Monona).

Population, income & housing

	Elkader	Monona
Population	1,249	1,618
Median age	42.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,786	$70,509
Median home value	$134,300	$125,900
Median gross rent	$851	$1,000
Housing units	704	792
Homeownership rate	68.7%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkader	Monona
Population	1,376 → 1,249 (-9.2%)	1,635 → 1,618 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$48,542 → $61,786 (+27.3%)	$42,372 → $70,509 (+66.4%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $134,300 (+50.2%)	$98,600 → $125,900 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $851 (+25.7%)	$830 → $1,000 (+20.5%)

Elkader

Population

1,3761,249

Median household income

$48,542$61,786

Median home value

$89,400$134,300

Median gross rent

$677$851

Monona

Population

1,6351,618

Median household income

$42,372$70,509

Median home value

$98,600$125,900

Median gross rent

$830$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkader	Monona
Under 5	4.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	6.6%	7.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	17.9%	11.2%
75 and over	11.7%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkader	Monona
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkader	Monona
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	40.1%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkader	Monona
Drove alone	79.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.7%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkader	Monona
1-unit, detached	70.6%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkader	Monona
Poverty rate	7.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.00	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1954	1938