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Notable locations in Elkader: Carter House Museum (A), Elkader Fire Department (B), Elkader Police Department (C), Elkader Public Library (D), Clayton County Courthouse (E), Clayton County Office Building (F), Clayton County Sheriffs Office (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Elkader include: First Congregational Church (A), Bethany Lutheran Church (B), Saint Josephs Church (C), Grace Evangelical Free Church (D), Zion Lutheran Church (E), Peace United Church of Christ (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Saint Josephs Cemetery (1), Eastside Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Elkader include: Lovers Leap Park (1), Table Rock Site of July 4 1838 Celebration Historical Marker (2), Ardell Kader City Park (3), Riverside Park (4), Elkader City Park (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Elkader Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Hotels: Johnson's Restaurant & Reception Hall (915 High Street Northeast), Elkader Inn Motel (24886 Highway 13).
Court: Juvenile Court Service (429 High Street Northeast).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Elkader and their reported violations in the past:
KINGDOM HALL (Population served: 50, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-22-1999), St Public Notif received (DEC-29-1999), St Compliance achieved (2 times from JAN-04-2000 to FEB-21-2001), St No addtl Formal Action needed (FEB-21-2001)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-1999 and DEC-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-19-1999), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-22-1999), St Public Notif requested (NOV-22-1999), St Compliance achieved (2 times from JAN-04-2000 to FEB-21-2001), St No addtl Formal Action needed (FEB-21-2001)
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - Between OCT-01-1999 and NOV-02-1999, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-17-1999), St Public Notif requested (NOV-17-1999), St Compliance achieved (DEC-14-1999), St Public Notif received (DEC-29-1999), St Compliance achieved (FEB-21-2001), St No addtl Formal Action needed (FEB-21-2001)
- 3 routine major monitoring violations
- 2 regular monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Elkader that have no violations reported:
- OSBORNE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER (Population served: 84, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
- CLAYTON CO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY (Population served: 50, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.2 people | | Iowa: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 62.6% | | Whole state: | 67.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 2.5% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 5.2% | | Whole state: | 9.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 0.6% | | Whole state: | 3.8% |
Elkader compared to Iowa state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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Banks with branches in Elkader (2007 data):
- Central State Bank: Elkader Branch at 200 North Main, branch established on 1990-04-13; at 102 North Main Street, branch established on 1931-11-12. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $88.1 mil, Deposits: $68.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Ajj Bancorp, Inc.
- FreedomBank: Freedombank at 210 South Main, branch established on 1903-01-01. Info updated 2006-12-22: Bank assets: $219.1 mil, Deposits: $184.6 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Leroy C. Darby, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Streets and Highways |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $4,200 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
3 | $6,000 | $24,000 | 1 | $1,200 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $140 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $500 |
| Financial Administration |
2 | $3,232 | $19,392 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,400 |
| Local Libraries |
1 | $2,600 | $31,200 | 2 | $1,600 |
| Parks and Recreation |
0 | $0 | | 17 | $8,160 |
| Totals for Government |
6 | $11,832 | $23,664 | 31 | $17,200 |
Elkader government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $139,000
Solid Waste Management: $137,000
Parks & Recreation: $91,000
All Other: $19,000
Regular Highways: $2,000
- Construction - Regular Highways: $297,000
Water Utilities: $91,000
Parks & Recreation: $57,000
Sewerage: $54,000
Libraries: $37,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $173,000
Parks & Recreation: $156,000
Solid Waste Management: $127,000
Police Protection: $118,000
Water Utilities: $109,000
Sewerage: $98,000
General - Other: $64,000
Central Staff Services: $49,000
Libraries: $42,000
Fire Protection: $20,000
General Public Buildings: $12,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $6,000
Air Transportation: $6,000
Health Services - Other: $4,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $2,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $49,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $39,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $185,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $694,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $214,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $555,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $164,000
Other, NEC: $155,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $198,000
Water Utilities: $21,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $63,000
Rents: $11,000
Interest Earnings: $3,000
Property Sale Other: $2,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $67,000
Libraries: $29,000
Water Utilities: $4,000
Sewerage: $2,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $327,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $158,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $23,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $234,000
General Support: $14,000
- Tax - Property: $710,000
Total General Sales: $80,000
Public Utilities: $20,000
NEC: $6,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $319,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $10,000
5.02% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,938 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.02% | | Iowa average: | 6.30% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.68% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,331 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.68% | | Iowa average: | 6.47% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Elkader:
- KADR (1400 AM; 1 kW; ELKADER, IA; Owner: DESIGN HOMES, INC.)
- KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KKHQ (950 AM; 5 kW; OELWEIN, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WMT (600 AM; 5 kW; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WPRE (980 AM; 1 kW; PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WI; Owner: ROBINSON CORPORATION)
- WKTY (580 AM; 5 kW; LA CROSSE, WI; Owner: FAMILY RADIO, INC.)
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- KNEI (1140 AM; 2 kW; WAUKON, IA; Owner: WENNES COMMUNICATIONS STATIONS, INC.)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- KCNZ (1250 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATION COMPANY, L.C.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Elkader:
- KCTN (100.1 FM; GARNAVILLO, IA; Owner: DESIGN HOMES, INC.)
- KOEL-FM (92.3 FM; OELWEIN, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KFMW (107.9 FM; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KUNI (90.9 FM; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA)
- WQPC (94.3 FM; PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WI; Owner: ROBINSON CORPORATION)
- KNEI-FM (103.5 FM; WAUKON, IA; Owner: WENNES COMMUNICATIONS STATIONS, INC.)
- KPVL (89.1 FM; POSTVILLE, IA; Owner: POSTVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE)
TV broadcast stations around Elkader:
- KWWL (Channel 7; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- KGAN (Channel 2; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: KGAN LICENSEE, LLC)
- KCRG-TV (Channel 9; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CEDAR RAPIDS TELEVISION CO.)
- KRIN (Channel 32; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
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