Agency vs Eldon

A side-by-side comparison of Agency and Eldon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eldon has the higher population (816 vs 516 in Agency). Agency has the higher median household income ($59,028 vs $52,813 in Eldon). Agency has the higher median home value ($138,800 vs $57,600 in Eldon).

Population, income & housing

	Agency	Eldon
Population	516	816
Median age	44.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,028	$52,813
Median home value	$138,800	$57,600
Median gross rent	$573	$650
Housing units	268	382
Homeownership rate	75.9%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agency	Eldon
Population	648 → 516 (-20.4%)	990 → 816 (-17.6%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $59,028 (+34.9%)	$43,125 → $52,813 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $138,800 (+56.0%)	$57,500 → $57,600 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $573 (-4.8%)	$571 → $650 (+13.8%)

Agency

Population

648516

Median household income

$43,750$59,028

Median home value

$89,000$138,800

Median gross rent

$602$573

Eldon

Population

990816

Median household income

$43,125$52,813

Median home value

$57,500$57,600

Median gross rent

$571$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agency	Eldon
Under 5	5.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	21.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.2%
25 to 34	13.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	17.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.9%
75 and over	11.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agency	Eldon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agency	Eldon
No high school diploma	7.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	40.8%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agency	Eldon
Drove alone	85.5%	71.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	4.8%
Other means	2.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agency	Eldon
1-unit, detached	82.8%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Agency	Eldon
Poverty rate	11.6%	21.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1961	1943