Davenport vs Walcott

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

Davenport and Walcott 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 1,895 in Walcott). Walcott has the higher median household income ($82,756 vs $64,497 in Davenport). Walcott has the higher median home value ($171,800 vs $162,900 in Davenport).

Population, income & housing

	Davenport	Walcott
Population	101,083	1,895
Median age	37.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,497	$82,756
Median home value	$162,900	$171,800
Median gross rent	$930	$778
Housing units	47,170	856
Homeownership rate	63.0%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Davenport	Walcott
Population	102,169 → 101,083 (-1.1%)	1,672 → 1,895 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$51,029 → $64,497 (+26.4%)	$52,850 → $82,756 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $162,900 (+23.7%)	$139,100 → $171,800 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $930 (+20.6%)	$639 → $778 (+21.8%)

Davenport

Population

102,169101,083

Median household income

$51,029$64,497

Median home value

$131,700$162,900

Median gross rent

$771$930

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)

	Davenport	Walcott
Under 5	6.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.2%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	14.4%
75 and over	6.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Davenport	Walcott
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	90.8%
Black or African American	10.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Davenport	Walcott
No high school diploma	7.4%	6.8%
High school graduate	28.8%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Davenport	Walcott
Drove alone	78.8%	87.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.9%	5.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Davenport	Walcott
1-unit, detached	63.5%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	9.9%
20 or more units	9.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Davenport	Walcott
Poverty rate	15.6%	8.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1966	1972