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Elkhart, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Elkhart, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,195. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet ELKHART-IA · Elkhart, IA 1 ZIPs · 1,195 pop · #4296/25278 · Polk County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $100,972
  • RANK-TOP #4296/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pleasant Hill
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,195
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $274,700

Nearest income peer: Pleasant Hill, IA ( $2,639 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Elkhart

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Elkhart on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Elkhart, IA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 17%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,195
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$100,972
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $100,972 and home value $274,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 36.7%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.6%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Iowa, Ireton is the closest lower-income city and Peterson the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Elkhart.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 50073, is all of Elkhart

There is no split to weigh here: 50073 holds every one of Elkhart's 1,195 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Elkhart's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 35 establishments, 285 employees , annual payroll $17,059k (~29 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50073 (35 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (12) · also Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Elkhart, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Polk County, which covers 31 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Elkhart. See the Polk County roll-up →

Elkhart lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Polk County: Ankeny, Johnston and Clive earn more and Des Moines, West Des Moines and Urbandale earn less. Polk City marks the far end of that range at $153,011, 52% above Elkhart.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50073 1,195 $100,972 35 18
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Elkhart roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Elkhart, .