Bettendorf is a medium-sized city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 31,321 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Bettendorf is the 12th largest community in Iowa.

Bettendorf is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bettendorf is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bettendorf who work in sales jobs (14.21%), office and administrative support jobs (13.70%), and management occupations (12.68%).

Also of interest is that Bettendorf has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Bettendorf is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

One of the benefits of Bettendorf is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.18 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

"If you live in Bettendorf, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Bettendorf residents do (97.8%). Bettendorf is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Bettendorf is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Bettendorf Information and Demographics

The education level of Bettendorf citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 38.82% of adults in Bettendorf have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bettendorf in 2000 was $28,053, which is wealthy relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $112,212 for a family of four.

The people who call Bettendorf home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bettendorf is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bettendorf include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Bettendorf is English.