Elkhart vs Windsor Heights

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

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

Windsor Heights has the higher population (5,171 vs 680 in Elkhart). Windsor Heights has the higher median household income ($89,083 vs $81,771 in Elkhart). Windsor Heights has the higher median home value ($251,800 vs $241,700 in Elkhart).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart	Windsor Heights
Population	680	5,171
Median age	38.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,771	$89,083
Median home value	$241,700	$251,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,355
Housing units	318	2,327
Homeownership rate	85.9%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart	Windsor Heights
Population	688 → 680 (-1.2%)	4,953 → 5,171 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $81,771 (+39.2%)	$64,230 → $89,083 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$150,500 → $241,700 (+60.6%)	$186,700 → $251,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $588 (-36.1%)	$1,019 → $1,355 (+33.0%)

Elkhart

Population

688680

Median household income

$58,750$81,771

Median home value

$150,500$241,700

Median gross rent

$920$588

Windsor Heights

Population

4,9535,171

Median household income

$64,230$89,083

Median home value

$186,700$251,800

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,355

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkhart	Windsor Heights
Under 5	6.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	16.5%	16.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.5%
75 and over	2.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart	Windsor Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	79.2%
Black or African American	3.2%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart	Windsor Heights
No high school diploma	7.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	28.8%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart	Windsor Heights
Drove alone	77.9%	73.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	19.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart	Windsor Heights
1-unit, detached	65.7%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart	Windsor Heights
Poverty rate	9.7%	6.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	2005	1959