Elberon vs Montour

A side-by-side comparison of Elberon and Montour: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montour has the higher population (163 vs 162 in Elberon). Montour has the higher median household income ($95,500 vs $58,750 in Elberon). Elberon has the higher median home value ($102,100 vs $99,600 in Montour).

Population, income & housing

	Elberon	Montour
Population	162	163
Median age	45.5 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$95,500
Median home value	$102,100	$99,600
Housing units	84	93
Homeownership rate	93.8%	98.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.5%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elberon	Montour
Population	165 → 162 (-1.8%)	254 → 163 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$57,500 → $58,750 (+2.2%)	$50,938 → $95,500 (+87.5%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $102,100 (+23.8%)	$74,400 → $99,600 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$920 → $913 (-0.8%)

Elberon

Population

165162

Median household income

$57,500$58,750

Median home value

$82,500$102,100

Montour

Population

254163

Median household income

$50,938$95,500

Median home value

$74,400$99,600

Median gross rent

$920$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elberon	Montour
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.3%	7.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	2.5%
25 to 34	20.4%	1.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	19.0%
45 to 54	19.1%	18.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	27.0%
65 to 74	16.0%	18.4%
75 and over	2.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elberon	Montour
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	2.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elberon	Montour
No high school diploma	5.8%	9.5%
High school graduate	68.6%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elberon	Montour
Drove alone	85.4%	85.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.7%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.2%
Other means	9.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elberon	Montour
1-unit, detached	96.4%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Elberon	Montour
Poverty rate	11.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.49	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	40	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938