Clermont vs Elgin

A side-by-side comparison of Clermont and Elgin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elgin has the higher population (848 vs 452 in Clermont). Clermont has the higher median household income ($73,906 vs $60,114 in Elgin). Clermont has the higher median home value ($117,200 vs $87,300 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Clermont	Elgin
Population	452	848
Median age	51.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,906	$60,114
Median home value	$117,200	$87,300
Median gross rent	$507	$634
Housing units	265	395
Homeownership rate	84.0%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clermont	Elgin
Population	566 → 452 (-20.1%)	628 → 848 (+35.0%)
Median household income	$53,864 → $73,906 (+37.2%)	$50,682 → $60,114 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$108,400 → $117,200 (+8.1%)	$79,500 → $87,300 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $507 (-1.6%)	$518 → $634 (+22.4%)

Clermont

Population

566452

Median household income

$53,864$73,906

Median home value

$108,400$117,200

Median gross rent

$515$507

Elgin

Population

628848

Median household income

$50,682$60,114

Median home value

$79,500$87,300

Median gross rent

$518$634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clermont	Elgin
Under 5	3.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	10.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	8.8%
35 to 44	5.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	19.9%	12.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	16.3%
75 and over	13.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clermont	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
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	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clermont	Elgin
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	34.6%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clermont	Elgin
Drove alone	83.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	1.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	13.1%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clermont	Elgin
1-unit, detached	95.1%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Clermont	Elgin
Poverty rate	9.1%	4.2%
Average household size	2.06	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1950	1971