Bettendorf vs Eldridge

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

Bettendorf and Eldridge 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 6,743 in Eldridge). Bettendorf has the higher median household income ($102,917 vs $101,089 in Eldridge). Eldridge has the higher median home value ($329,400 vs $295,600 in Bettendorf).

Population, income & housing

	Bettendorf	Eldridge
Population	39,297	6,743
Median age	39.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$102,917	$101,089
Median home value	$295,600	$329,400
Median gross rent	$1,148	$845
Housing units	16,709	2,746
Homeownership rate	75.0%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bettendorf	Eldridge
Population	35,919 → 39,297 (+9.4%)	6,529 → 6,743 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$82,153 → $102,917 (+25.3%)	$71,961 → $101,089 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$225,300 → $295,600 (+31.2%)	$254,300 → $329,400 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $1,148 (+25.6%)	$736 → $845 (+14.8%)

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

Eldridge

Population

6,5296,743

Median household income

$71,961$101,089

Median home value

$254,300$329,400

Median gross rent

$736$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bettendorf	Eldridge
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.1%	25.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	5.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.8%
75 and over	7.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bettendorf	Eldridge
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	88.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bettendorf	Eldridge
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.0%
High school graduate	17.4%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bettendorf	Eldridge
Drove alone	82.4%	80.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	2.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	16.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bettendorf	Eldridge
1-unit, detached	71.0%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	15.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	12.2%
20 or more units	6.1%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bettendorf	Eldridge
Poverty rate	6.4%	1.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1979	2001