Blencoe vs Soldier

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

Blencoe and Soldier 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 123 in Soldier). Blencoe has the higher median household income ($81,705 vs $49,375 in Soldier). Soldier has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $69,200 in Blencoe).

Population, income & housing

	Blencoe	Soldier
Population	264	123
Median age	47.5 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,705	$49,375
Median home value	$69,200	$75,000
Median gross rent	$1,281	$595
Housing units	114	77
Homeownership rate	77.6%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blencoe	Soldier
Population	211 → 264 (+25.1%)	210 → 123 (-41.4%)
Median household income	$54,643 → $81,705 (+49.5%)	$38,000 → $49,375 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $69,200 (+7.6%)	$42,900 → $75,000 (+74.8%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $1,281 (+103.3%)	$458 → $595 (+29.9%)

Blencoe

Population

211264

Median household income

$54,643$81,705

Median home value

$64,300$69,200

Median gross rent

$630$1,281

Soldier

Population

210123

Median household income

$38,000$49,375

Median home value

$42,900$75,000

Median gross rent

$458$595

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blencoe	Soldier
Under 5	8.3%	1.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	6.5%
18 to 24	3.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	20.3%
65 to 74	16.7%	22.8%
75 and over	17.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blencoe	Soldier
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.4%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blencoe	Soldier
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	43.5%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blencoe	Soldier
Drove alone	90.3%	73.0%
Carpooled	1.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blencoe	Soldier
1-unit, detached	97.4%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blencoe	Soldier
Poverty rate	3.0%	18.7%
Average household size	2.47	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1940	1938