Blencoe vs Mapleton

A side-by-side comparison of Blencoe and Mapleton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mapleton has the higher population (997 vs 264 in Blencoe). Blencoe has the higher median household income ($81,705 vs $52,955 in Mapleton). Mapleton has the higher median home value ($116,400 vs $69,200 in Blencoe).

Population, income & housing

	Blencoe	Mapleton
Population	264	997
Median age	47.5 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,705	$52,955
Median home value	$69,200	$116,400
Median gross rent	$1,281	$780
Housing units	114	630
Homeownership rate	77.6%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blencoe	Mapleton
Population	211 → 264 (+25.1%)	1,114 → 997 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$54,643 → $81,705 (+49.5%)	$46,417 → $52,955 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $69,200 (+7.6%)	$87,300 → $116,400 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $1,281 (+103.3%)	$525 → $780 (+48.6%)

Blencoe

Population

211264

Median household income

$54,643$81,705

Median home value

$64,300$69,200

Median gross rent

$630$1,281

Mapleton

Population

1,114997

Median household income

$46,417$52,955

Median home value

$87,300$116,400

Median gross rent

$525$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blencoe	Mapleton
Under 5	8.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	10.3%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	7.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.3%
55 to 64	9.1%	20.2%
65 to 74	16.7%	14.1%
75 and over	17.4%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blencoe	Mapleton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	95.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blencoe	Mapleton
No high school diploma	7.3%	13.8%
High school graduate	43.5%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blencoe	Mapleton
Drove alone	90.3%	83.9%
Carpooled	1.9%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blencoe	Mapleton
1-unit, detached	97.4%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Blencoe	Mapleton
Poverty rate	3.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.47	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1940	1959