Bedford vs Blockton

A side-by-side comparison of Bedford and Blockton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bedford has the higher population (1,389 vs 137 in Blockton). Blockton has the higher median household income ($77,917 vs $57,031 in Bedford). Since 2019, Blockton's population has grown faster (+3.0% vs -8.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Bedford	Blockton
Population	1,389	137
Median age	41.1 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,031	$77,917
Median home value	$88,900	—
Median gross rent	$663	$729
Housing units	704	99
Homeownership rate	80.2%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bedford	Blockton
Population	1,513 → 1,389 (-8.2%)	133 → 137 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$48,077 → $57,031 (+18.6%)	$35,833 → $77,917 (+117.4%)
Median home value	$61,600 → $88,900 (+44.3%)	$22,500 → $32,900 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $663 (+13.1%)	$467 → $729 (+56.1%)

Bedford

Population

1,5131,389

Median household income

$48,077$57,031

Median home value

$61,600$88,900

Median gross rent

$586$663

Blockton

Population

133137

Median household income

$35,833$77,917

Median home value

$22,500$32,900

Median gross rent

$467$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bedford	Blockton
Under 5	6.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	6.6%
45 to 54	7.6%	24.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	13.1%
75 and over	9.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bedford	Blockton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bedford	Blockton
No high school diploma	9.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	38.4%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bedford	Blockton
Drove alone	70.2%	85.4%
Carpooled	21.3%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bedford	Blockton
1-unit, detached	84.1%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Bedford	Blockton
Poverty rate	10.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.31	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1952	1951