Elkport vs North Buena Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Elkport and North Buena Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Buena Vista has the higher population (110 vs 17 in Elkport). North Buena Vista has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $26,458 in Elkport). North Buena Vista has the higher median home value ($88,300 vs $64,200 in Elkport).

Population, income & housing

	Elkport	North Buena Vista
Population	17	110
Median age	59.9 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$26,458	$53,750
Median home value	$64,200	$88,300
Median gross rent	—	$769
Housing units	9	121
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkport	North Buena Vista
Population	4 → 17 (+325.0%)	76 → 110 (+44.7%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $26,458 (-39.5%)	$35,833 → $53,750 (+50.0%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $64,200 (+21.1%)	$77,500 → $88,300 (+13.9%)

Elkport

Population

417

Median household income

$43,750$26,458

Median home value

$53,000$64,200

North Buena Vista

Population

76110

Median household income

$35,833$53,750

Median home value

$77,500$88,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkport	North Buena Vista
Under 5	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	9.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	5.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	52.9%	31.8%
65 to 74	35.3%	11.8%
75 and over	5.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkport	North Buena Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkport	North Buena Vista
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	47.1%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	52.9%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkport	North Buena Vista
Drove alone	100.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkport	North Buena Vista
1-unit, detached	88.9%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	49.6%

Poverty & households

	Elkport	North Buena Vista
Poverty rate	5.9%	8.2%
Average household size	1.89	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1938	1984