Earling vs Elk Horn

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

Earling 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 466 in Earling). Elk Horn has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $44,375 in Earling). Elk Horn has the higher median home value ($125,300 vs $117,600 in Earling).

Population, income & housing

	Earling	Elk Horn
Population	466	623
Median age	41.8 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	$60,000
Median home value	$117,600	$125,300
Median gross rent	$731	$643
Housing units	221	286
Homeownership rate	71.2%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earling	Elk Horn
Population	370 → 466 (+25.9%)	536 → 623 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $44,375 (-0.5%)	$57,500 → $60,000 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $117,600 (+36.6%)	$103,100 → $125,300 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $731 (+39.2%)	$534 → $643 (+20.4%)

Earling

Population

370466

Median household income

$44,583$44,375

Median home value

$86,100$117,600

Median gross rent

$525$731

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)

	Earling	Elk Horn
Under 5	4.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	13.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	7.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.5%
75 and over	16.3%	20.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earling	Elk Horn
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	93.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	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	1.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earling	Elk Horn
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	36.5%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earling	Elk Horn
Drove alone	86.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	3.0%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	13.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earling	Elk Horn
1-unit, detached	92.3%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Earling	Elk Horn
Poverty rate	8.9%	15.0%
Average household size	1.99	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1954	1938