Eldon vs Kirkville

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

Eldon and Kirkville 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 254 in Kirkville). Kirkville has the higher median home value ($77,500 vs $57,600 in Eldon). Since 2019, Kirkville's population has grown faster (+27.6% vs -17.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Eldon	Kirkville
Population	816	254
Median age	41.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,813	—
Median home value	$57,600	$77,500
Median gross rent	$650	—
Housing units	382	91
Homeownership rate	75.8%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	0.6%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldon	Kirkville
Population	990 → 816 (-17.6%)	199 → 254 (+27.6%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $52,813 (+22.5%)	$45,625 → $70,000 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $57,600 (+0.2%)	$52,300 → $77,500 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $650 (+13.8%)	$906 → $913 (+0.8%)

Eldon

Population

990816

Median household income

$43,125$52,813

Median home value

$57,500$57,600

Median gross rent

$571$650

Kirkville

Population

199254

Median household income

$45,625$70,000

Median home value

$52,300$77,500

Median gross rent

$906$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldon	Kirkville
Under 5	6.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	21.7%	23.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	12.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	2.4%
35 to 44	17.0%	18.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	19.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	6.7%
75 and over	4.0%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldon	Kirkville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldon	Kirkville
No high school diploma	10.8%	13.8%
High school graduate	50.4%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	0.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldon	Kirkville
Drove alone	71.4%	84.5%
Carpooled	18.1%	8.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldon	Kirkville
1-unit, detached	74.9%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	42.9%

Poverty & households

	Eldon	Kirkville
Poverty rate	21.1%	8.7%
Average household size	2.50	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1943	1979