Blencoe vs Onawa

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

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

Onawa has the higher population (2,862 vs 264 in Blencoe). Blencoe has the higher median household income ($81,705 vs $54,659 in Onawa). Onawa has the higher median home value ($125,700 vs $69,200 in Blencoe).

Population, income & housing

	Blencoe	Onawa
Population	264	2,862
Median age	47.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,705	$54,659
Median home value	$69,200	$125,700
Median gross rent	$1,281	$1,005
Housing units	114	1,369
Homeownership rate	77.6%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blencoe	Onawa
Population	211 → 264 (+25.1%)	2,804 → 2,862 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$54,643 → $81,705 (+49.5%)	$36,406 → $54,659 (+50.1%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $69,200 (+7.6%)	$83,900 → $125,700 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $1,281 (+103.3%)	$611 → $1,005 (+64.5%)

Blencoe

Population

211264

Median household income

$54,643$81,705

Median home value

$64,300$69,200

Median gross rent

$630$1,281

Onawa

Population

2,8042,862

Median household income

$36,406$54,659

Median home value

$83,900$125,700

Median gross rent

$611$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blencoe	Onawa
Under 5	8.3%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	16.7%	8.6%
75 and over	17.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blencoe	Onawa
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blencoe	Onawa
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	43.5%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blencoe	Onawa
Drove alone	90.3%	81.7%
Carpooled	1.9%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blencoe	Onawa
1-unit, detached	97.4%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Blencoe	Onawa
Poverty rate	3.0%	16.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1940	1960