Bode vs Bradgate

A side-by-side comparison of Bode and Bradgate: population, income, housing, and more.

Bode and Bradgate are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bode has the higher population (388 vs 121 in Bradgate). Bode has the higher median home value ($69,300 vs $44,200 in Bradgate). Since 2019, Bode's population has grown faster (+34.3% vs +23.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bode	Bradgate
Population	388	121
Median age	35.9 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	—
Median home value	$69,300	$44,200
Median gross rent	$542	—
Housing units	160	53
Homeownership rate	72.1%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bode	Bradgate
Population	289 → 388 (+34.3%)	98 → 121 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$45,577 → $63,750 (+39.9%)	—
Median home value	$61,900 → $69,300 (+12.0%)	$27,500 → $44,200 (+60.7%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $542 (+9.7%)	—

Bode

Population

289388

Median household income

$45,577$63,750

Median home value

$61,900$69,300

Median gross rent

$494$542

Bradgate

Population

98121

Median home value

$27,500$44,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bode	Bradgate
Under 5	9.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	0.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.2%
35 to 44	17.8%	2.5%
45 to 54	18.0%	31.4%
55 to 64	6.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	4.9%	9.1%
75 and over	4.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bode	Bradgate
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	72.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bode	Bradgate
No high school diploma	24.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	67.4%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bode	Bradgate
Drove alone	80.1%	49.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	4.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	21.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	24.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bode	Bradgate
1-unit, detached	88.8%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bode	Bradgate
Poverty rate	18.8%	33.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1938	1938