Blakesburg vs Eddyville

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

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

Eddyville has the higher population (1,085 vs 252 in Blakesburg). Eddyville has the higher median household income ($61,205 vs $48,750 in Blakesburg). Eddyville has the higher median home value ($107,300 vs $79,400 in Blakesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Blakesburg	Eddyville
Population	252	1,085
Median age	38.7 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$61,205
Median home value	$79,400	$107,300
Median gross rent	$589	$887
Housing units	129	437
Homeownership rate	67.6%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blakesburg	Eddyville
Population	248 → 252 (+1.6%)	1,226 → 1,085 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$30,104 → $48,750 (+61.9%)	$48,375 → $61,205 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $79,400 (+15.7%)	$91,500 → $107,300 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $589 (+16.4%)	$926 → $887 (-4.2%)

Blakesburg

Population

248252

Median household income

$30,104$48,750

Median home value

$68,600$79,400

Median gross rent

$506$589

Eddyville

Population

1,2261,085

Median household income

$48,375$61,205

Median home value

$91,500$107,300

Median gross rent

$926$887

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blakesburg	Eddyville
Under 5	3.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.8%
75 and over	14.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blakesburg	Eddyville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.9%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blakesburg	Eddyville
No high school diploma	4.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	39.0%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blakesburg	Eddyville
Drove alone	89.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blakesburg	Eddyville
1-unit, detached	69.0%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Blakesburg	Eddyville
Poverty rate	20.3%	15.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1938	1968