Emmetsburg vs Mallard

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

Emmetsburg and Mallard 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 268 in Mallard). Emmetsburg has the higher median household income ($57,353 vs $44,625 in Mallard). Emmetsburg has the higher median home value ($114,600 vs $55,400 in Mallard).

Population, income & housing

	Emmetsburg	Mallard
Population	3,651	268
Median age	45.0 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,353	$44,625
Median home value	$114,600	$55,400
Median gross rent	$589	$1,042
Housing units	1,824	163
Homeownership rate	69.9%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emmetsburg	Mallard
Population	3,728 → 3,651 (-2.1%)	219 → 268 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$49,563 → $57,353 (+15.7%)	$40,625 → $44,625 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $114,600 (+1.5%)	$52,000 → $55,400 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $589 (-5.0%)	$704 → $1,042 (+48.0%)

Emmetsburg

Population

3,7283,651

Median household income

$49,563$57,353

Median home value

$112,900$114,600

Median gross rent

$620$589

Mallard

Population

219268

Median household income

$40,625$44,625

Median home value

$52,000$55,400

Median gross rent

$704$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emmetsburg	Mallard
Under 5	5.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	10.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	4.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	5.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	31.0%
75 and over	13.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emmetsburg	Mallard
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.7%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emmetsburg	Mallard
No high school diploma	8.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	33.2%	59.6%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emmetsburg	Mallard
Drove alone	76.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.6%
Public transit	1.0%	5.1%
Walked	6.4%	8.5%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emmetsburg	Mallard
1-unit, detached	74.0%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Emmetsburg	Mallard
Poverty rate	17.3%	15.7%
Average household size	2.09	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1959	1950