Defiance vs Elk Horn

A side-by-side comparison of Defiance and Elk Horn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elk Horn has the higher population (623 vs 207 in Defiance). Elk Horn has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $51,458 in Defiance). Elk Horn has the higher median home value ($125,300 vs $84,300 in Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Elk Horn
Population	207	623
Median age	48.5 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,458	$60,000
Median home value	$84,300	$125,300
Median gross rent	—	$643
Housing units	109	286
Homeownership rate	85.4%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Elk Horn
Population	204 → 207 (+1.5%)	536 → 623 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $51,458 (+9.3%)	$57,500 → $60,000 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $84,300 (+8.8%)	$103,100 → $125,300 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $658 (+19.6%)	$534 → $643 (+20.4%)

Defiance

Population

204207

Median household income

$47,083$51,458

Median home value

$77,500$84,300

Median gross rent

$550$658

Elk Horn

Population

536623

Median household income

$57,500$60,000

Median home value

$103,100$125,300

Median gross rent

$534$643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Elk Horn
Under 5	2.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	1.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	7.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	8.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	19.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.5%
75 and over	12.6%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Elk Horn
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	Elk Horn
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	45.5%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Elk Horn
Drove alone	73.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	9.4%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	13.0%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Elk Horn
1-unit, detached	92.7%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Elk Horn
Poverty rate	15.9%	15.0%
Average household size	2.01	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1942	1938