Ely vs Springville

A side-by-side comparison of Ely and Springville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ely has the higher population (2,033 vs 1,210 in Springville). Ely has the higher median household income ($102,262 vs $96,250 in Springville). Ely has the higher median home value ($275,800 vs $175,900 in Springville).

Population, income & housing

	Ely	Springville
Population	2,033	1,210
Median age	37.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,262	$96,250
Median home value	$275,800	$175,900
Median gross rent	$1,014	$1,000
Housing units	801	529
Homeownership rate	81.9%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ely	Springville
Population	2,227 → 2,033 (-8.7%)	1,092 → 1,210 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$94,009 → $102,262 (+8.8%)	$63,365 → $96,250 (+51.9%)
Median home value	$216,400 → $275,800 (+27.4%)	$128,400 → $175,900 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $1,014 (+37.6%)	$704 → $1,000 (+42.0%)

Ely

Population

2,2272,033

Median household income

$94,009$102,262

Median home value

$216,400$275,800

Median gross rent

$737$1,014

Springville

Population

1,0921,210

Median household income

$63,365$96,250

Median home value

$128,400$175,900

Median gross rent

$704$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ely	Springville
Under 5	8.7%	11.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	16.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.9%
75 and over	1.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ely	Springville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ely	Springville
No high school diploma	2.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	27.1%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ely	Springville
Drove alone	84.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.5%
Walked	1.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ely	Springville
1-unit, detached	79.9%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Ely	Springville
Poverty rate	4.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.57	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1998	1964