Elk Horn vs Irwin

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

Elk Horn and Irwin 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 297 in Irwin). Elk Horn has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $47,917 in Irwin). Elk Horn has the higher median home value ($125,300 vs $71,100 in Irwin).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Horn	Irwin
Population	623	297
Median age	46.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$47,917
Median home value	$125,300	$71,100
Median gross rent	$643	$700
Housing units	286	158
Homeownership rate	83.7%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Horn	Irwin
Population	536 → 623 (+16.2%)	344 → 297 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $60,000 (+4.3%)	$62,708 → $47,917 (-23.6%)
Median home value	$103,100 → $125,300 (+21.5%)	$67,400 → $71,100 (+5.5%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $643 (+20.4%)	$542 → $700 (+29.2%)

Elk Horn

Population

536623

Median household income

$57,500$60,000

Median home value

$103,100$125,300

Median gross rent

$534$643

Irwin

Population

344297

Median household income

$62,708$47,917

Median home value

$67,400$71,100

Median gross rent

$542$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk Horn	Irwin
Under 5	4.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	16.8%
25 to 34	7.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	2.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.1%
75 and over	20.4%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Horn	Irwin
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Horn	Irwin
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Horn	Irwin
Drove alone	75.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.8%	9.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Horn	Irwin
1-unit, detached	87.8%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Elk Horn	Irwin
Poverty rate	15.0%	12.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1938	1947