Davenport vs Eldridge

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

Davenport and Eldridge 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 6,743 in Eldridge). Eldridge has the higher median household income ($101,089 vs $64,497 in Davenport). Eldridge has the higher median home value ($329,400 vs $162,900 in Davenport).

Population, income & housing

	Davenport	Eldridge
Population	101,083	6,743
Median age	37.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,497	$101,089
Median home value	$162,900	$329,400
Median gross rent	$930	$845
Housing units	47,170	2,746
Homeownership rate	63.0%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davenport	Eldridge
Population	102,169 → 101,083 (-1.1%)	6,529 → 6,743 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$51,029 → $64,497 (+26.4%)	$71,961 → $101,089 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $162,900 (+23.7%)	$254,300 → $329,400 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $930 (+20.6%)	$736 → $845 (+14.8%)

Davenport

Population

102,169101,083

Median household income

$51,029$64,497

Median home value

$131,700$162,900

Median gross rent

$771$930

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)

	Davenport	Eldridge
Under 5	6.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	25.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	4.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	5.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.8%
75 and over	6.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davenport	Eldridge
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	88.4%
Black or African American	10.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davenport	Eldridge
No high school diploma	7.4%	1.0%
High school graduate	28.8%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davenport	Eldridge
Drove alone	78.8%	80.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	2.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	16.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davenport	Eldridge
1-unit, detached	63.5%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	15.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	12.2%
20 or more units	9.3%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Davenport	Eldridge
Poverty rate	15.6%	1.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1966	2001