Blencoe vs Rodney

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

Blencoe and Rodney 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 48 in Rodney). Blencoe has the higher median household income ($81,705 vs $52,188 in Rodney). Rodney has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $69,200 in Blencoe).

Population, income & housing

	Blencoe	Rodney
Population	264	48
Median age	47.5 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,705	$52,188
Median home value	$69,200	$162,500
Median gross rent	$1,281	—
Housing units	114	21
Homeownership rate	77.6%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blencoe	Rodney
Population	211 → 264 (+25.1%)	45 → 48 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$54,643 → $81,705 (+49.5%)	$29,063 → $52,188 (+79.6%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $69,200 (+7.6%)	$48,300 → $162,500 (+236.4%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $1,281 (+103.3%)	—

Blencoe

Population

211264

Median household income

$54,643$81,705

Median home value

$64,300$69,200

Median gross rent

$630$1,281

Rodney

Population

4548

Median household income

$29,063$52,188

Median home value

$48,300$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blencoe	Rodney
Under 5	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	31.3%
18 to 24	3.4%	2.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	2.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	20.8%
55 to 64	9.1%	22.9%
65 to 74	16.7%	10.4%
75 and over	17.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blencoe	Rodney
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	68.8%
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%	31.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blencoe	Rodney
No high school diploma	7.3%	9.4%
High school graduate	43.5%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blencoe	Rodney
Drove alone	90.3%	91.7%
Carpooled	1.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blencoe	Rodney
1-unit, detached	97.4%	66.7%
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%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Blencoe	Rodney
Poverty rate	3.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1940	1943