Blencoe vs Moorhead

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

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

Blencoe has the higher population (264 vs 263 in Moorhead). Blencoe has the higher median household income ($81,705 vs $35,938 in Moorhead). Blencoe has the higher median home value ($69,200 vs $56,400 in Moorhead).

Population, income & housing

	Blencoe	Moorhead
Population	264	263
Median age	47.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,705	$35,938
Median home value	$69,200	$56,400
Median gross rent	$1,281	$867
Housing units	114	131
Homeownership rate	77.6%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blencoe	Moorhead
Population	211 → 264 (+25.1%)	184 → 263 (+42.9%)
Median household income	$54,643 → $81,705 (+49.5%)	$33,125 → $35,938 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $69,200 (+7.6%)	$47,900 → $56,400 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $1,281 (+103.3%)	$600 → $867 (+44.5%)

Blencoe

Population

211264

Median household income

$54,643$81,705

Median home value

$64,300$69,200

Median gross rent

$630$1,281

Moorhead

Population

184263

Median household income

$33,125$35,938

Median home value

$47,900$56,400

Median gross rent

$600$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blencoe	Moorhead
Under 5	8.3%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	21.3%
18 to 24	3.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	7.2%	3.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	16.7%	15.6%
75 and over	17.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blencoe	Moorhead
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	99.6%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blencoe	Moorhead
No high school diploma	7.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	43.5%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blencoe	Moorhead
Drove alone	90.3%	82.9%
Carpooled	1.9%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blencoe	Moorhead
1-unit, detached	97.4%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Blencoe	Moorhead
Poverty rate	3.0%	36.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1940	1938