Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Estherville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.60 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Estherville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Estherville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.75% of adults in Estherville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Estherville in 2018 was $29,523, which is low income relative to Iowa, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,092 for a family of four. However, Estherville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Estherville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Estherville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Estherville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Estherville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.71% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Estherville include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Estherville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
