Bettendorf vs Davenport

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

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

Davenport has the higher population (101,083 vs 39,297 in Bettendorf). Bettendorf has the higher median household income ($102,917 vs $64,497 in Davenport). Bettendorf has the higher median home value ($295,600 vs $162,900 in Davenport).

Population, income & housing

	Bettendorf	Davenport
Population	39,297	101,083
Median age	39.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,917	$64,497
Median home value	$295,600	$162,900
Median gross rent	$1,148	$930
Housing units	16,709	47,170
Homeownership rate	75.0%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bettendorf	Davenport
Population	35,919 → 39,297 (+9.4%)	102,169 → 101,083 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$82,153 → $102,917 (+25.3%)	$51,029 → $64,497 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$225,300 → $295,600 (+31.2%)	$131,700 → $162,900 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $1,148 (+25.6%)	$771 → $930 (+20.6%)

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

Davenport

Population

102,169101,083

Median household income

$51,029$64,497

Median home value

$131,700$162,900

Median gross rent

$771$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bettendorf	Davenport
Under 5	5.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.8%
75 and over	7.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bettendorf	Davenport
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	71.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	7.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bettendorf	Davenport
No high school diploma	3.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	17.4%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bettendorf	Davenport
Drove alone	82.4%	78.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.9%
Walked	0.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.6%	8.9%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bettendorf	Davenport
1-unit, detached	71.0%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	12.6%
20 or more units	6.1%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Bettendorf	Davenport
Poverty rate	6.4%	15.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1979	1966