Bentley vs Hancock

A side-by-side comparison of Bentley and Hancock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hancock has the higher population (232 vs 185 in Bentley). Bentley has the higher median home value ($188,800 vs $98,300 in Hancock). Since 2019, Bentley's population has grown faster (+180.3% vs +14.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bentley	Hancock
Population	185	232
Median age	22.9 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$79,375
Median home value	$188,800	$98,300
Median gross rent	—	$794
Housing units	60	100
Homeownership rate	88.3%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.1%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	35.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bentley	Hancock
Population	66 → 185 (+180.3%)	202 → 232 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$119,643 → $200,592 (+67.7%)	$39,688 → $79,375 (+100.0%)
Median home value	$218,400 → $188,800 (-13.6%)	$77,400 → $98,300 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$908 → $794 (-12.6%)

Bentley

Population

66185

Median household income

$119,643$200,592

Median home value

$218,400$188,800

Hancock

Population

202232

Median household income

$39,688$79,375

Median home value

$77,400$98,300

Median gross rent

$908$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bentley	Hancock
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	32.4%	11.2%
25 to 34	15.7%	5.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	18.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	20.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.6%
75 and over	0.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bentley	Hancock
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
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%	3.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bentley	Hancock
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	32.2%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	5.7%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	62.1%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bentley	Hancock
Drove alone	100.0%	63.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	31.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bentley	Hancock
1-unit, detached	88.3%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bentley	Hancock
Poverty rate	5.9%	10.0%
Average household size	3.08	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	—	1938