Blanchard vs Yorktown

A side-by-side comparison of Blanchard and Yorktown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blanchard has the higher population (31 vs 26 in Yorktown). Yorktown has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $43,750 in Blanchard). Yorktown has the higher median home value ($83,300 vs $60,000 in Blanchard).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Yorktown
Population	31	26
Median age	48.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$47,500
Median home value	$60,000	$83,300
Housing units	20	12
Homeownership rate	100.0%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	27.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Yorktown
Population	18 → 31 (+72.2%)	37 → 26 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $43,750 (+8.2%)	$48,125 → $47,500 (-1.3%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $60,000 (+14.3%)	$75,000 → $83,300 (+11.1%)

Blanchard

Population

1831

Median household income

$40,417$43,750

Median home value

$52,500$60,000

Yorktown

Population

3726

Median household income

$48,125$47,500

Median home value

$75,000$83,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Yorktown
Under 5	0.0%	11.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	6.5%	15.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	61.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	26.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.7%
75 and over	3.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Yorktown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Yorktown
No high school diploma	6.7%	17.6%
High school graduate	66.7%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Yorktown
Drove alone	60.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	40.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Yorktown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Yorktown
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.5%
Average household size	3.88	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1945	1938