What is the population of Bettendorf city?

Bettendorf city has 39,297 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #15 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Bettendorf city?

Median household income in Bettendorf city is $102,917 a year, 31% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bettendorf city?

Median gross rent is $1,148 a month and the median home value is $295,600, so rent absorbs about 13.4% of median household income.

Is Bettendorf city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bettendorf city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bettendorf, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bettendorf, Iowa (Bettendorf, IA — Census place “Bettendorf city”) is 39,297 residents, ranking #15 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $102,917, the median home is worth $295,600 and median gross rent runs $1,148 a month. Looking for the Bettendorf Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bettendorf, IA: 52722.

Population: 39,297Bettendorf city residents
Median household income: $102,917Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $295,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,148Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 75%Owner-occupied households

Bettendorf ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bettendorf.

The Bettendorf IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

52722

What the numbers mean in Bettendorf city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bettendorf city median would spend about 13.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.4% of residents and 75% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bettendorf city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bettendorf city is a small city in Iowa, with 39,297 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #15 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 39.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Bettendorf city earn a median of $102,917 a year, 31% above the national figure of $78,538 and 52% above the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 6.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bettendorf city is valued at $295,600, 2.6% below the national figure and 89% above the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,148 a month, 18.3% below the national figure, or roughly $13,776 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 75% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Bettendorf city?: Bettendorf city has 39,297 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #15 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Bettendorf city?: Median household income in Bettendorf city is $102,917 a year, 31% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bettendorf city?: Median gross rent is $1,148 a month and the median home value is $295,600, so rent absorbs about 13.4% of median household income.
Is Bettendorf city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bettendorf city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bettendorf city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.