Blakesburg vs Eldon

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

Blakesburg 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 252 in Blakesburg). Eldon has the higher median household income ($52,813 vs $48,750 in Blakesburg). Blakesburg has the higher median home value ($79,400 vs $57,600 in Eldon).

Population, income & housing

	Blakesburg	Eldon
Population	252	816
Median age	38.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$52,813
Median home value	$79,400	$57,600
Median gross rent	$589	$650
Housing units	129	382
Homeownership rate	67.6%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blakesburg	Eldon
Population	248 → 252 (+1.6%)	990 → 816 (-17.6%)
Median household income	$30,104 → $48,750 (+61.9%)	$43,125 → $52,813 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $79,400 (+15.7%)	$57,500 → $57,600 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $589 (+16.4%)	$571 → $650 (+13.8%)

Blakesburg

Population

248252

Median household income

$30,104$48,750

Median home value

$68,600$79,400

Median gross rent

$506$589

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)

	Blakesburg	Eldon
Under 5	3.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	21.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	17.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.9%
75 and over	14.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blakesburg	Eldon
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blakesburg	Eldon
No high school diploma	4.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	39.0%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blakesburg	Eldon
Drove alone	89.0%	71.4%
Carpooled	0.8%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	7.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blakesburg	Eldon
1-unit, detached	69.0%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Blakesburg	Eldon
Poverty rate	20.3%	21.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1938	1943