Elkport vs Garber

A side-by-side comparison of Elkport and Garber: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Garber has the higher population (129 vs 17 in Elkport). Garber has the higher median household income ($49,000 vs $26,458 in Elkport). Garber has the higher median home value ($67,500 vs $64,200 in Elkport).

Population, income & housing

	Elkport	Garber
Population	17	129
Median age	59.9 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$26,458	$49,000
Median home value	$64,200	$67,500
Housing units	9	60
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkport	Garber
Population	4 → 17 (+325.0%)	117 → 129 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $26,458 (-39.5%)	$52,750 → $49,000 (-7.1%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $64,200 (+21.1%)	$59,000 → $67,500 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$475 → $430 (-9.5%)

Elkport

Population

417

Median household income

$43,750$26,458

Median home value

$53,000$64,200

Garber

Population

117129

Median household income

$52,750$49,000

Median home value

$59,000$67,500

Median gross rent

$475$430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkport	Garber
Under 5	0.0%	25.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	5.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.2%
45 to 54	5.9%	8.5%
55 to 64	52.9%	7.8%
65 to 74	35.3%	7.8%
75 and over	5.9%	23.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkport	Garber
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	99.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkport	Garber
No high school diploma	0.0%	24.7%
High school graduate	47.1%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	52.9%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkport	Garber
Drove alone	100.0%	89.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkport	Garber
1-unit, detached	88.9%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Elkport	Garber
Poverty rate	5.9%	21.7%
Average household size	1.89	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938