Elkhart vs Mitchellville

A side-by-side comparison of Elkhart and Mitchellville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mitchellville has the higher population (2,557 vs 680 in Elkhart). Elkhart has the higher median household income ($81,771 vs $78,816 in Mitchellville). Elkhart has the higher median home value ($241,700 vs $190,200 in Mitchellville).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart	Mitchellville
Population	680	2,557
Median age	38.7 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,771	$78,816
Median home value	$241,700	$190,200
Median gross rent	—	$773
Housing units	318	784
Homeownership rate	85.9%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart	Mitchellville
Population	688 → 680 (-1.2%)	2,365 → 2,557 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $81,771 (+39.2%)	$65,417 → $78,816 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$150,500 → $241,700 (+60.6%)	$137,300 → $190,200 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $588 (-36.1%)	$698 → $773 (+10.7%)

Elkhart

Population

688680

Median household income

$58,750$81,771

Median home value

$150,500$241,700

Median gross rent

$920$588

Mitchellville

Population

2,3652,557

Median household income

$65,417$78,816

Median home value

$137,300$190,200

Median gross rent

$698$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart	Mitchellville
Under 5	6.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	21.4%
35 to 44	16.5%	22.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.0%
75 and over	2.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart	Mitchellville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	89.8%
Black or African American	3.2%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart	Mitchellville
No high school diploma	7.3%	10.9%
High school graduate	28.8%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart	Mitchellville
Drove alone	77.9%	86.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart	Mitchellville
1-unit, detached	65.7%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	6.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart	Mitchellville
Poverty rate	9.7%	7.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	2005	1966