Blue Grass vs Eldridge

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

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

Eldridge has the higher population (6,743 vs 1,867 in Blue Grass). Eldridge has the higher median household income ($101,089 vs $87,083 in Blue Grass). Eldridge has the higher median home value ($329,400 vs $202,400 in Blue Grass).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Grass	Eldridge
Population	1,867	6,743
Median age	46.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,083	$101,089
Median home value	$202,400	$329,400
Median gross rent	$1,158	$845
Housing units	857	2,746
Homeownership rate	81.5%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Grass	Eldridge
Population	1,568 → 1,867 (+19.1%)	6,529 → 6,743 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$80,455 → $87,083 (+8.2%)	$71,961 → $101,089 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $202,400 (+18.9%)	$254,300 → $329,400 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,158 (+38.5%)	$736 → $845 (+14.8%)

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

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)

	Blue Grass	Eldridge
Under 5	6.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	25.7%
18 to 24	3.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	5.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.8%
75 and over	8.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Grass	Eldridge
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	88.4%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Grass	Eldridge
No high school diploma	4.5%	1.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Grass	Eldridge
Drove alone	79.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	16.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Grass	Eldridge
1-unit, detached	82.6%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	15.3%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Grass	Eldridge
Poverty rate	9.9%	1.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1977	2001