Ellsworth vs Kamrar

A side-by-side comparison of Ellsworth and Kamrar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellsworth has the higher population (525 vs 145 in Kamrar). Ellsworth has the higher median household income ($73,021 vs $50,417 in Kamrar). Ellsworth has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $68,000 in Kamrar).

Population, income & housing

	Ellsworth	Kamrar
Population	525	145
Median age	31.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,021	$50,417
Median home value	$125,000	$68,000
Median gross rent	$931	$429
Housing units	225	97
Homeownership rate	78.9%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellsworth	Kamrar
Population	510 → 525 (+2.9%)	163 → 145 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$68,571 → $73,021 (+6.5%)	$42,813 → $50,417 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $125,000 (+49.3%)	$38,300 → $68,000 (+77.5%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $931 (+7.3%)	$850 → $429 (-49.5%)

Ellsworth

Population

510525

Median household income

$68,571$73,021

Median home value

$83,700$125,000

Median gross rent

$868$931

Kamrar

Population

163145

Median household income

$42,813$50,417

Median home value

$38,300$68,000

Median gross rent

$850$429

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellsworth	Kamrar
Under 5	8.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	22.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.4%
25 to 34	18.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	6.9%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	15.2%
75 and over	4.8%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellsworth	Kamrar
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellsworth	Kamrar
No high school diploma	5.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	26.8%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellsworth	Kamrar
Drove alone	89.6%	70.7%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	16.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	8.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellsworth	Kamrar
1-unit, detached	84.9%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Ellsworth	Kamrar
Poverty rate	3.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.46	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938