ZIP 52722 vs ZIP 52806

This side-by-side compares ZIP 52722 (Bettendorf, IA) and ZIP 52806 (Davenport, IA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 52722 has a population of 34,754 at 506 people per square mile, while ZIP 52806 has 27,503 at 346 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 52722 reports a median household income of $101,546 against $74,297 in ZIP 52806, with per-capita income of $56,983 vs $37,159. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 51.1% in 52722 and 30.9% in 52806. Poverty rate reads 6.5% vs 8.6%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 4.2% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $311,500 in 52722 versus $190,400 in 52806, with median rent of $1,189 and $1,073 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.8% vs 71.8%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.