Blencoe vs Whiting

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

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

Whiting has the higher population (840 vs 264 in Blencoe). Blencoe has the higher median household income ($81,705 vs $68,977 in Whiting). Whiting has the higher median home value ($87,800 vs $69,200 in Blencoe).

Population, income & housing

	Blencoe	Whiting
Population	264	840
Median age	47.5 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,705	$68,977
Median home value	$69,200	$87,800
Median gross rent	$1,281	$931
Housing units	114	355
Homeownership rate	77.6%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blencoe	Whiting
Population	211 → 264 (+25.1%)	825 → 840 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$54,643 → $81,705 (+49.5%)	$52,368 → $68,977 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $69,200 (+7.6%)	$77,100 → $87,800 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $1,281 (+103.3%)	$731 → $931 (+27.4%)

Blencoe

Population

211264

Median household income

$54,643$81,705

Median home value

$64,300$69,200

Median gross rent

$630$1,281

Whiting

Population

825840

Median household income

$52,368$68,977

Median home value

$77,100$87,800

Median gross rent

$731$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blencoe	Whiting
Under 5	8.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	3.4%	2.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	6.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.2%	17.1%
55 to 64	9.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	16.7%	15.4%
75 and over	17.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blencoe	Whiting
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.6%
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%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blencoe	Whiting
No high school diploma	7.3%	4.7%
High school graduate	43.5%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blencoe	Whiting
Drove alone	90.3%	71.8%
Carpooled	1.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blencoe	Whiting
1-unit, detached	97.4%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Blencoe	Whiting
Poverty rate	3.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1940	1952