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." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Bettendorf spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.18 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

One notable thing about Bettendorf is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Bettendorf is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 97.8% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Even though Bettendorf is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Bettendorf Information and Demographics

The population of Bettendorf is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 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.