Bettendorf vs Blue Grass

A side-by-side comparison of Bettendorf and Blue Grass: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bettendorf has the higher population (39,297 vs 1,867 in Blue Grass). Bettendorf has the higher median household income ($102,917 vs $87,083 in Blue Grass). Bettendorf has the higher median home value ($295,600 vs $202,400 in Blue Grass).

Population, income & housing

	Bettendorf	Blue Grass
Population	39,297	1,867
Median age	39.8 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$102,917	$87,083
Median home value	$295,600	$202,400
Median gross rent	$1,148	$1,158
Housing units	16,709	857
Homeownership rate	75.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bettendorf	Blue Grass
Population	35,919 → 39,297 (+9.4%)	1,568 → 1,867 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$82,153 → $102,917 (+25.3%)	$80,455 → $87,083 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$225,300 → $295,600 (+31.2%)	$170,200 → $202,400 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $1,148 (+25.6%)	$836 → $1,158 (+38.5%)

Bettendorf

Population

35,91939,297

Median household income

$82,153$102,917

Median home value

$225,300$295,600

Median gross rent

$914$1,148

Blue Grass

Population

1,5681,867

Median household income

$80,455$87,083

Median home value

$170,200$202,400

Median gross rent

$836$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bettendorf	Blue Grass
Under 5	5.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.5%
75 and over	7.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bettendorf	Blue Grass
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	86.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	7.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bettendorf	Blue Grass
No high school diploma	3.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	17.4%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bettendorf	Blue Grass
Drove alone	82.4%	79.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	16.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bettendorf	Blue Grass
1-unit, detached	71.0%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bettendorf	Blue Grass
Poverty rate	6.4%	9.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1979	1977