Elma vs Lime Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Elma and Lime Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elma has the higher population (618 vs 410 in Lime Springs). Lime Springs has the higher median household income ($62,083 vs $41,528 in Elma). Lime Springs has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $71,400 in Elma).

Population, income & housing

	Elma	Lime Springs
Population	618	410
Median age	48.0 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,528	$62,083
Median home value	$71,400	$101,900
Median gross rent	$668	$658
Housing units	321	246
Homeownership rate	62.3%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elma	Lime Springs
Population	536 → 618 (+15.3%)	508 → 410 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$48,214 → $41,528 (-13.9%)	$59,821 → $62,083 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$59,800 → $71,400 (+19.4%)	$81,400 → $101,900 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $668 (+16.2%)	$414 → $658 (+58.9%)

Elma

Population

536618

Median household income

$48,214$41,528

Median home value

$59,800$71,400

Median gross rent

$575$668

Lime Springs

Population

508410

Median household income

$59,821$62,083

Median home value

$81,400$101,900

Median gross rent

$414$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elma	Lime Springs
Under 5	3.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	20.0%
18 to 24	16.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	5.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.0%	10.2%
75 and over	22.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elma	Lime Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elma	Lime Springs
No high school diploma	8.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	54.9%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elma	Lime Springs
Drove alone	79.3%	83.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elma	Lime Springs
1-unit, detached	80.4%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elma	Lime Springs
Poverty rate	23.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1944	1938