Bettendorf vs Walcott

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

Bettendorf and Walcott 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 1,895 in Walcott). Bettendorf has the higher median household income ($102,917 vs $82,756 in Walcott). Bettendorf has the higher median home value ($295,600 vs $171,800 in Walcott).

Population, income & housing

	Bettendorf	Walcott
Population	39,297	1,895
Median age	39.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$102,917	$82,756
Median home value	$295,600	$171,800
Median gross rent	$1,148	$778
Housing units	16,709	856
Homeownership rate	75.0%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.3%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bettendorf	Walcott
Population	35,919 → 39,297 (+9.4%)	1,672 → 1,895 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$82,153 → $102,917 (+25.3%)	$52,850 → $82,756 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$225,300 → $295,600 (+31.2%)	$139,100 → $171,800 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $1,148 (+25.6%)	$639 → $778 (+21.8%)

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

Walcott

Population

1,6721,895

Median household income

$52,850$82,756

Median home value

$139,100$171,800

Median gross rent

$639$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bettendorf	Walcott
Under 5	5.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	14.4%
75 and over	7.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bettendorf	Walcott
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	90.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bettendorf	Walcott
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.8%
High school graduate	17.4%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bettendorf	Walcott
Drove alone	82.4%	87.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.6%	5.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bettendorf	Walcott
1-unit, detached	71.0%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	9.9%
20 or more units	6.1%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Bettendorf	Walcott
Poverty rate	6.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1979	1972