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Bettendorf city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Bettendorf city is a Census city of 39,647 people across 21.30 square miles of land, in Scott County. Median household income is $100,495, 75.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 44 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $17.2 m.
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Bettendorf
What Bettendorf is
- Census place typecity
- Land area21.3 sq mi
- Water area1.13 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,861
- County holding the largest share of its areaScott County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bettendorf
How many people live in Bettendorf
- Population39,647
- Median age40.9
- Population under 1810,243
- Share under 1825.8 percent
- Population 65 and over7,457
- Share 65 and over18.8 percent
- Households16,384
- Family households10,862
- Share of households that are families66.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bettendorf
Income and work in Bettendorf
- Median household income$100,495
- Per capita income$56,237
- Civilian labor force19,932
- Employed19,458
- Unemployed474 plus or minus 151
- Unemployment rate2.4 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Adults 25 and over27,025
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher50.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bettendorf
Housing in Bettendorf
- Housing units17,042
- Occupied units16,384
- Vacant units658 plus or minus 199
- Vacancy rate3.9 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Owner occupied12,296
- Renter occupied4,088
- Ownership rate75.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$306,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,187
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.2 percent
- Single family units13,705
- Share single family80.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,218
- Share in buildings of two or more18.9 percent
- Mobile homes85 plus or minus 59
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bettendorf
How Bettendorf gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute17,056
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,140
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,654
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more15.6 percent
- Drove alone82.7 percent
- Carpooled5.0 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked0.6 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Worked from home11.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bettendorf
SBA loans in Bettendorf (7(a))
- Approvals44
- Gross approval$17,170,900
- Average approval$390,248
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$977,000
- Largest approval$2,360,000
- Jobs supported506
- Jobs per approval11.5
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full7
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.8 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders28
- Distinct industries by NAICS29
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bettendorf
SBA loans in Bettendorf (504)
- Approvals20
- Gross approval$9,807,000
- Average approval$490,350
- Median approval$340,000
- Largest approval$1,132,000
- Jobs supported145
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Scott County, not Bettendorf
Scott County context, not Bettendorf figures
These are Scott County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bettendorf measurements.
- Establishments in Scott County4,525
- Employment at those establishments, Scott County86,426
- Covered employment, Scott County90,947
- Average annual pay, Scott County$61,138
- Average weekly wage, Scott County$1,176
- Housing units permitted, Scott County785
- Of those, single family, Scott County310
- County product, 2024, Scott County$13,290,551,000
- County product change over the prior year, Scott County4.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Scott County$68,386
Every figure in this section is published for Scott County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bettendorf. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Bettendorf questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bettendorf, Iowa?
39,647, in 16,384 households. Bettendorf city covers 21.30 square miles of land, which is 1,861 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bettendorf in?
Scott County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bettendorf?
$100,495. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $306,500. Median gross rent is $1,187 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bettendorf businesses?
44 7(a) approvals totalling $17.2 m, across 28 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 20 504 approvals worth $9.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bettendorf, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bettendorf borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Bettendorf. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Bettendorf figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Scott County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bettendorf.
Is zoning published for Bettendorf?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.