Elkhart vs Saylorville

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

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

Saylorville has the higher population (3,559 vs 680 in Elkhart). Elkhart has the higher median household income ($81,771 vs $80,250 in Saylorville). Saylorville has the higher median home value ($287,700 vs $241,700 in Elkhart).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart	Saylorville
Population	680	3,559
Median age	38.7 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,771	$80,250
Median home value	$241,700	$287,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,642
Housing units	318	1,444
Homeownership rate	85.9%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart	Saylorville
Population	688 → 680 (-1.2%)	4,009 → 3,559 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $81,771 (+39.2%)	$65,174 → $80,250 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$150,500 → $241,700 (+60.6%)	$210,000 → $287,700 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $588 (-36.1%)	$1,679 → $1,642 (-2.2%)

Elkhart

Population

688680

Median household income

$58,750$81,771

Median home value

$150,500$241,700

Median gross rent

$920$588

Saylorville

Population

4,0093,559

Median household income

$65,174$80,250

Median home value

$210,000$287,700

Median gross rent

$1,679$1,642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart	Saylorville
Under 5	6.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	24.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	16.5%	18.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.6%
75 and over	2.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart	Saylorville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	79.0%
Black or African American	3.2%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart	Saylorville
No high school diploma	7.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart	Saylorville
Drove alone	77.9%	72.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	17.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart	Saylorville
1-unit, detached	65.7%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	3.6%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart	Saylorville
Poverty rate	9.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	2005	1983