Agency vs Blakesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Agency and Blakesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Agency has the higher population (516 vs 252 in Blakesburg). Agency has the higher median household income ($59,028 vs $48,750 in Blakesburg). Agency has the higher median home value ($138,800 vs $79,400 in Blakesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Agency	Blakesburg
Population	516	252
Median age	44.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,028	$48,750
Median home value	$138,800	$79,400
Median gross rent	$573	$589
Housing units	268	129
Homeownership rate	75.9%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agency	Blakesburg
Population	648 → 516 (-20.4%)	248 → 252 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $59,028 (+34.9%)	$30,104 → $48,750 (+61.9%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $138,800 (+56.0%)	$68,600 → $79,400 (+15.7%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $573 (-4.8%)	$506 → $589 (+16.4%)

Agency

Population

648516

Median household income

$43,750$59,028

Median home value

$89,000$138,800

Median gross rent

$602$573

Blakesburg

Population

248252

Median household income

$30,104$48,750

Median home value

$68,600$79,400

Median gross rent

$506$589

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agency	Blakesburg
Under 5	5.6%	3.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.7%
75 and over	11.6%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agency	Blakesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	15.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agency	Blakesburg
No high school diploma	7.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	40.8%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agency	Blakesburg
Drove alone	85.5%	89.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.5%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agency	Blakesburg
1-unit, detached	82.8%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	19.4%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Agency	Blakesburg
Poverty rate	11.6%	20.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1961	1938