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Elgin city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Elgin city is a Census city of 735 people across 0.68 square miles of land, in Fayette County. Median household income is $54,688, 82.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Elgin
What Elgin is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.68 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,083
- County holding the largest share of its areaFayette County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elgin
How many people live in Elgin
- Population735
- Median age51.9 plus or minus 10.7
- Population under 18134 plus or minus 39
- Share under 1818.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Population 65 and over232 plus or minus 70
- Share 65 and over31.6 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Households349
- Family households175 plus or minus 50
- Share of households that are families50.1 percent plus or minus 10.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elgin
Income and work in Elgin
- Median household income$54,688 plus or minus $12,370
- Per capita income$35,538
- Civilian labor force373 plus or minus 86
- Employed362 plus or minus 83
- Unemployed11 plus or minus 11
- Unemployment rate2.9 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over540
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.6 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.7 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elgin
Housing in Elgin
- Housing units396
- Occupied units349
- Vacant units47 plus or minus 34
- Vacancy rate11.9 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Owner occupied288 plus or minus 58
- Renter occupied61 plus or minus 31
- Ownership rate82.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$98,800 plus or minus $22,243
- Median gross rent, monthly$538 plus or minus $312
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.8 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Single family units317 plus or minus 66
- Share single family80.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more36 plus or minus 28
- Share in buildings of two or more9.1 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Mobile homes43 plus or minus 31
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elgin
How Elgin gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute298 plus or minus 75
- Commuting under 15 minutes130 plus or minus 36
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more58 plus or minus 30
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.5 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Drove alone78.9 percent
- Carpooled5.4 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home14.9 percent plus or minus 6.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fayette County, not Elgin
Fayette County context, not Elgin figures
These are Fayette County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Elgin measurements.
- Establishments in Fayette County524
- Employment at those establishments, Fayette County5,706
- Covered employment, Fayette County6,964
- Average annual pay, Fayette County$48,847
- Average weekly wage, Fayette County$939
- Housing units permitted, Fayette County11
- Of those, single family, Fayette County9
- County product, 2024, Fayette County$1,074,991,000
- County product change over the prior year, Fayette County6.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Fayette County$48,126
Every figure in this section is published for Fayette County as a whole and is not a measurement of Elgin. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Elgin questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Elgin, Iowa?
735, in 349 households. Elgin city covers 0.68 square miles of land, which is 1,083 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Elgin in?
Fayette County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Elgin?
$54,688. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $98,800. Median gross rent is $538 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Elgin figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Fayette County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Elgin.
Is zoning published for Elgin?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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