Eddyville vs Eldon

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

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

Eddyville has the higher population (1,085 vs 816 in Eldon). Eddyville has the higher median household income ($61,205 vs $52,813 in Eldon). Eddyville has the higher median home value ($107,300 vs $57,600 in Eldon).

Population, income & housing

	Eddyville	Eldon
Population	1,085	816
Median age	34.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,205	$52,813
Median home value	$107,300	$57,600
Median gross rent	$887	$650
Housing units	437	382
Homeownership rate	72.4%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eddyville	Eldon
Population	1,226 → 1,085 (-11.5%)	990 → 816 (-17.6%)
Median household income	$48,375 → $61,205 (+26.5%)	$43,125 → $52,813 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$91,500 → $107,300 (+17.3%)	$57,500 → $57,600 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $887 (-4.2%)	$571 → $650 (+13.8%)

Eddyville

Population

1,2261,085

Median household income

$48,375$61,205

Median home value

$91,500$107,300

Median gross rent

$926$887

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)

	Eddyville	Eldon
Under 5	5.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	21.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	7.3%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.9%
75 and over	8.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eddyville	Eldon
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eddyville	Eldon
No high school diploma	1.9%	10.8%
High school graduate	39.0%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eddyville	Eldon
Drove alone	82.4%	71.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	7.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eddyville	Eldon
1-unit, detached	81.5%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Eddyville	Eldon
Poverty rate	15.1%	21.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1968	1943