Badger vs Duncombe

A side-by-side comparison of Badger and Duncombe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Badger has the higher population (475 vs 382 in Duncombe). Badger has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $63,125 in Duncombe). Badger has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $108,200 in Duncombe).

Population, income & housing

	Badger	Duncombe
Population	475	382
Median age	41.5 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,875	$63,125
Median home value	$136,300	$108,200
Median gross rent	$770	$542
Housing units	225	187
Homeownership rate	78.6%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Badger	Duncombe
Population	454 → 475 (+4.6%)	309 → 382 (+23.6%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $76,875 (+23.0%)	$47,083 → $63,125 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $136,300 (+48.2%)	$69,100 → $108,200 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $770 (+26.0%)	$480 → $542 (+12.9%)

Badger

Population

454475

Median household income

$62,500$76,875

Median home value

$92,000$136,300

Median gross rent

$611$770

Duncombe

Population

309382

Median household income

$47,083$63,125

Median home value

$69,100$108,200

Median gross rent

$480$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Badger	Duncombe
Under 5	4.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	18.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	17.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	3.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	7.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.4%
75 and over	6.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Badger	Duncombe
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Badger	Duncombe
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.9%
High school graduate	27.5%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Badger	Duncombe
Drove alone	90.3%	91.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Badger	Duncombe
1-unit, detached	96.9%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	19.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Badger	Duncombe
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.8%
Average household size	2.26	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1965	1969