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Elma city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Elma city is a Census city of 659 people across 1.23 square miles of land, in Howard County. Median household income is $44,375, 68.8 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Elma
What Elma is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.23 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land537 plus or minus 108
- County holding the largest share of its areaHoward 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.
Elma
How many people live in Elma
- Population659 plus or minus 132
- Median age44.3 plus or minus 11.2
- Population under 18115 plus or minus 38
- Share under 1817.5 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Population 65 and over200 plus or minus 47
- Share 65 and over30.3 percent
- Households295
- Family households145 plus or minus 41
- Share of households that are families49.2 percent plus or minus 10.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elma
Income and work in Elma
- Median household income$44,375 plus or minus $11,881
- Per capita income$30,227 plus or minus $9,839
- Civilian labor force289 plus or minus 92
- Employed285 plus or minus 92
- Unemployed4 plus or minus 6
- Unemployment rate1.4 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Adults 25 and over425
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.4 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.1 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elma
Housing in Elma
- Housing units337
- Occupied units295
- Vacant units42 plus or minus 27
- Vacancy rate12.5 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Owner occupied203 plus or minus 42
- Renter occupied92 plus or minus 41
- Ownership rate68.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$81,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$689 plus or minus $297
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.6 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Single family units290
- Share single family86.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more28 plus or minus 23
- Share in buildings of two or more8.3 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Mobile homes19 plus or minus 17
- Median year structure built1943
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elma
How Elma gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute273 plus or minus 93
- Commuting under 15 minutes99 plus or minus 55
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.3 percent plus or minus 15.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more111 plus or minus 60
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.7 percent plus or minus 17.2
- Drove alone77.3 percent
- Carpooled12.6 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked8.3 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Worked from home1.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Howard County, not Elma
Howard County context, not Elma figures
These are Howard County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Elma measurements.
- Establishments in Howard County270
- Employment at those establishments, Howard County3,350
- Covered employment, Howard County4,402
- Average annual pay, Howard County$48,223
- Average weekly wage, Howard County$927
- Housing units permitted, Howard County8
- Of those, single family, Howard County8
- County product, 2024, Howard County$727,355,000
- County product change over the prior year, Howard County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Howard County$51,474
Every figure in this section is published for Howard County as a whole and is not a measurement of Elma. 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
Elma questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Elma, Iowa?
659, in 295 households. Elma city covers 1.23 square miles of land, which is 537 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Elma in?
Howard 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 Elma?
$44,375. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $81,300. Median gross rent is $689 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 Elma figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Howard 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 Elma.
Is zoning published for Elma?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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