Bode vs Rutland

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

Bode and Rutland 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 130 in Rutland). Rutland has the higher median household income ($82,895 vs $63,750 in Bode). Bode has the higher median home value ($69,300 vs $50,800 in Rutland).

Population, income & housing

	Bode	Rutland
Population	388	130
Median age	35.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$82,895
Median home value	$69,300	$50,800
Median gross rent	$542	$775
Housing units	160	77
Homeownership rate	72.1%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bode	Rutland
Population	289 → 388 (+34.3%)	158 → 130 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$45,577 → $63,750 (+39.9%)	$43,571 → $82,895 (+90.3%)
Median home value	$61,900 → $69,300 (+12.0%)	$44,200 → $50,800 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $542 (+9.7%)	$713 → $775 (+8.7%)

Bode

Population

289388

Median household income

$45,577$63,750

Median home value

$61,900$69,300

Median gross rent

$494$542

Rutland

Population

158130

Median household income

$43,571$82,895

Median home value

$44,200$50,800

Median gross rent

$713$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bode	Rutland
Under 5	9.8%	10.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	25.4%
35 to 44	17.8%	6.9%
45 to 54	18.0%	16.2%
55 to 64	6.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	4.9%	14.6%
75 and over	4.4%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bode	Rutland
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bode	Rutland
No high school diploma	24.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	30.5%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bode	Rutland
Drove alone	80.1%	55.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	26.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	7.5%
Other means	0.9%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bode	Rutland
1-unit, detached	88.8%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Bode	Rutland
Poverty rate	18.8%	3.1%
Average household size	2.77	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938