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Elkhart city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Elkhart city is a Census city of 1,661 people across 2.05 square miles of land, in Morton County. Median household income is $56,771, 86.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $130,000.
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Elkhart
What Elkhart is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.05 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land809
- County holding the largest share of its areaMorton 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.
Elkhart
How many people live in Elkhart
- Population1,661
- Median age46.9
- Population under 18380 plus or minus 139
- Share under 1822.9 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Population 65 and over368 plus or minus 83
- Share 65 and over22.2 percent
- Households618
- Family households389 plus or minus 88
- Share of households that are families62.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elkhart
Income and work in Elkhart
- Median household income$56,771 plus or minus $22,349
- Per capita income$30,240
- Civilian labor force582 plus or minus 125
- Employed582 plus or minus 125
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over1,239
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher77.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.8 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.3 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elkhart
Housing in Elkhart
- Housing units824
- Occupied units618
- Vacant units206 plus or minus 63
- Vacancy rate25.0 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Owner occupied535
- Renter occupied83 plus or minus 50
- Ownership rate86.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$101,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$675 plus or minus $535
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.3 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Single family units717
- Share single family87.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more60 plus or minus 46
- Share in buildings of two or more7.3 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Mobile homes47 plus or minus 34
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elkhart
How Elkhart gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute541 plus or minus 127
- Commuting under 15 minutes284 plus or minus 79
- Share commuting under 15 minutes52.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more119 plus or minus 65
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more22.0 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Drove alone90.6 percent
- Carpooled2.1 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home6.2 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elkhart
SBA loans in Elkhart (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$130,000
- Average approval$130,000
- Median approval$130,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$130,000
- Largest approval$130,000
- Jobs supported1
- Jobs per approval1.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term212 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Morton County, not Elkhart
Morton County context, not Elkhart figures
These are Morton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Elkhart measurements.
- Establishments in Morton County66
- Employment at those establishments, Morton County523
- Covered employment, Morton County795
- Average annual pay, Morton County$43,418
- Average weekly wage, Morton County$835
- Housing units permitted, Morton County0
- Of those, single family, Morton County0
- County product, 2024, Morton County$219,394,000
- County product change over the prior year, Morton County8.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Morton County$53,783
Every figure in this section is published for Morton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Elkhart. 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.
- 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
Elkhart questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Elkhart, Kansas?
1,661, in 618 households. Elkhart city covers 2.05 square miles of land, which is 809 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Elkhart in?
Morton 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 Elkhart?
$56,771. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $101,600. Median gross rent is $675 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Elkhart businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $130,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $130,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Elkhart, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Elkhart borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Elkhart. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Elkhart figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Morton 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 Elkhart.
Is zoning published for Elkhart?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.