Emmetsburg vs Graettinger

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

Emmetsburg and Graettinger 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 1,038 in Graettinger). Graettinger has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $57,353 in Emmetsburg). Emmetsburg has the higher median home value ($114,600 vs $87,000 in Graettinger).

Population, income & housing

	Emmetsburg	Graettinger
Population	3,651	1,038
Median age	45.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,353	$73,250
Median home value	$114,600	$87,000
Median gross rent	$589	$480
Housing units	1,824	483
Homeownership rate	69.9%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emmetsburg	Graettinger
Population	3,728 → 3,651 (-2.1%)	940 → 1,038 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$49,563 → $57,353 (+15.7%)	$47,321 → $73,250 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $114,600 (+1.5%)	$66,500 → $87,000 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $589 (-5.0%)	$494 → $480 (-2.8%)

Emmetsburg

Population

3,7283,651

Median household income

$49,563$57,353

Median home value

$112,900$114,600

Median gross rent

$620$589

Graettinger

Population

9401,038

Median household income

$47,321$73,250

Median home value

$66,500$87,000

Median gross rent

$494$480

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emmetsburg	Graettinger
Under 5	5.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	24.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	8.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	21.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.6%
75 and over	13.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emmetsburg	Graettinger
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emmetsburg	Graettinger
No high school diploma	8.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	33.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emmetsburg	Graettinger
Drove alone	76.3%	74.6%
Carpooled	7.3%	20.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emmetsburg	Graettinger
1-unit, detached	74.0%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Emmetsburg	Graettinger
Poverty rate	17.3%	7.0%
Average household size	2.09	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1959	1953