Iowa · Census place 1924690
Elkader, Iowa
Elkader is a city in Clayton County, Iowa with an estimated 1,192 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 243rd largest of 273 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,192
- #243 of 273 in Iowa
- Change since 2020
- -1.8%
- -22 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 870 / sq mi
- State median 1,363
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Elkader population, 2020 to 2024
Elkader lost 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Elkader covers 1.37 square miles of land, for 870 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Elkader is less dense than the typical town.
What county Elkader is in
All of Elkader's residents live in Clayton County, which had 16,931 residents in 2024. Elkader holds 7.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Elkader
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elkader by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 52043. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Elkader is
The Census internal point of Elkader is at 42.857400, -91.402800. Des Moines, the capital, is 142.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monona, IA (1,462 people), 13.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cedar Rapids, IA, 63.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.857400, -91.402800
- DMS
- 42°51'26.64"N 91°24'10.08"W
- UTM
- 15N 630487.1E 4746216.7N
- Geohash
- 9zx5b1fw2
- Plus code
- 86JCVH4W+XV
Daylight in Elkader
At 42.86° N, Elkader gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Elkader
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Monona, 13.3 miles away, with 1,462 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Elkader, IA?
1,192 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 22 (1.8%) from 1,214 in July 2020.
What county is Elkader in?
Clayton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Elkader?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 52043.
How far is Elkader from Des Moines?
142.6 miles (229.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Elkader.
What is the nearest larger city to Elkader?
Monona, IA, with 1,462 residents, 13.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.