Bondurant vs Polk City

A side-by-side comparison of Bondurant and Polk City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bondurant has the higher population (8,061 vs 5,833 in Polk City). Polk City has the higher median household income ($163,000 vs $128,341 in Bondurant). Polk City has the higher median home value ($385,000 vs $288,600 in Bondurant).

Population, income & housing

	Bondurant	Polk City
Population	8,061	5,833
Median age	32.5 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$128,341	$163,000
Median home value	$288,600	$385,000
Median gross rent	$1,176	$746
Housing units	2,835	2,059
Homeownership rate	91.5%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bondurant	Polk City
Population	6,191 → 8,061 (+30.2%)	4,625 → 5,833 (+26.1%)
Median household income	$97,786 → $128,341 (+31.2%)	$104,750 → $163,000 (+55.6%)
Median home value	$217,500 → $288,600 (+32.7%)	$249,000 → $385,000 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,176 (+37.2%)	$1,152 → $746 (-35.2%)

Bondurant

Population

6,1918,061

Median household income

$97,786$128,341

Median home value

$217,500$288,600

Median gross rent

$857$1,176

Polk City

Population

4,6255,833

Median household income

$104,750$163,000

Median home value

$249,000$385,000

Median gross rent

$1,152$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bondurant	Polk City
Under 5	8.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.8%	24.7%
18 to 24	11.8%	3.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	17.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	2.8%	7.9%
75 and over	3.9%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bondurant	Polk City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	96.3%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bondurant	Polk City
No high school diploma	3.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	19.1%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.7%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bondurant	Polk City
Drove alone	79.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	3.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bondurant	Polk City
1-unit, detached	91.4%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bondurant	Polk City
Poverty rate	6.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.90	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	2009	2006