Ayrshire vs Emmetsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Ayrshire and Emmetsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emmetsburg has the higher population (3,651 vs 154 in Ayrshire). Emmetsburg has the higher median household income ($57,353 vs $55,625 in Ayrshire). Emmetsburg has the higher median home value ($114,600 vs $26,400 in Ayrshire).

Population, income & housing

	Ayrshire	Emmetsburg
Population	154	3,651
Median age	27.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$57,353
Median home value	$26,400	$114,600
Median gross rent	$1,250	$589
Housing units	98	1,824
Homeownership rate	80.0%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ayrshire	Emmetsburg
Population	128 → 154 (+20.3%)	3,728 → 3,651 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$22,917 → $55,625 (+142.7%)	$49,563 → $57,353 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$30,600 → $26,400 (-13.7%)	$112,900 → $114,600 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $1,250 (+188.7%)	$620 → $589 (-5.0%)

Ayrshire

Population

128154

Median household income

$22,917$55,625

Median home value

$30,600$26,400

Median gross rent

$433$1,250

Emmetsburg

Population

3,7283,651

Median household income

$49,563$57,353

Median home value

$112,900$114,600

Median gross rent

$620$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ayrshire	Emmetsburg
Under 5	13.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	10.5%
25 to 34	19.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	0.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	23.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.4%
75 and over	1.9%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ayrshire	Emmetsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	96.2%
Black or African American	18.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ayrshire	Emmetsburg
No high school diploma	2.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	37.5%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ayrshire	Emmetsburg
Drove alone	73.1%	76.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	20.5%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ayrshire	Emmetsburg
1-unit, detached	81.6%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Ayrshire	Emmetsburg
Poverty rate	3.2%	17.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1949	1959