DAVENPORT is now under coverage.
Local dating, modeled. Every signal in Davenport, converted into a tactical roadmap.
Greater Davenport is open as a field office. The headline numbers, each sourced and confidence-flagged:
- $800 per month Zumper Rent Research, June 2026
- $41,276 per year Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
- 54% Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
By the numbers
11 sourced, confidence-flagged metrics for Davenport — gender, money, neighborhoods, and political lean. The deep dive, with charts, is in the console below.
- Singles, 22 to 50
60,779
- Gender balance
54%
- Male skew
54%
- Median income
$41,276
- 1-bedroom rent
$800
- Living wage
$43,722
- Transit fare
$1
- Rent trend
$800
- Most female-leaning zone
49%
- No-party independents
38%
- Republican
32%
The shape of the market
Northeast Davenport is the most female-leaning zone, at about 49% men to 51% women.
Davenport runs about 54% male, sharpest in Bettendorf (56%) and West Davenport (55%).
How dating actually happens
Only about 14% of matches on curated apps like Hinge turn into a first date.
Roughly 1 in 10 partnered adults met their partner online, and the share climbs sharply for younger and LGB couples.
One in four matches never gets a reply.
53% of online daters say their overall experience has been positive.
Dating safety in Davenport
78% of active dating-app users report burnout: 80% of women (driven by message volume) and 74% of men (driven by a lack of responses).
60% of Americans support requiring a background check before someone can create a dating profile.
An estimated 26% of men have received unsolicited explicit content, far below the rate for women.
56% of women under 50 have been sent unsolicited explicit images while dating online.
48% of online daters have faced at least one form of harassing behavior on a dating platform.
43% of women under 50 say a match kept contacting them after they said no.
52% of online daters say a scammer or bot has contacted them.
63% of men under 50 say a scammer or bot has contacted them, the highest of any group.
11% of women under 50 have been physically threatened on a dating platform.
40% of daters say platforms do a bad job removing fake and bot accounts; only 20% say they do well.
The LGBTQ+ landscape
53% of LGB adults have used a dating app, far more than straight adults.
About 24% of LGB couples met online, roughly three times the straight rate.
About 70% of LGB adults under 30 have used a dating app, the highest-adoption cohort anywhere.
7.6% of U.S. adults now identify as LGBTQ+, up from 3.5% in 2012.
22.3% of adults aged 18 to 34 identify as LGBTQ+.
Political alignment
24% of Americans say they could never date someone who disagrees with them on abortion.
Iowa registers voters by party, and Scott County (Davenport) is led by its independents — about 38% register No Party, the largest bloc, in this purple Quad Cities county.
Among the parties, registered Republicans (32%) now edge Democrats (29%), so the partisan tilt is modestly red beneath the independent plurality.
47% of single daters would not seriously date a Trump voter; among Democratic women that rises to 79%.
69% of Americans would not date someone who is unemployed, rising to 81% of women.
The cost of dating
A single adult in Scott County needs about $43,700 a year just to cover the basics.
Davenport’s one-bedroom rents are cheap, typical of the Quad Cities.
Americans reported $1.3 billion in romance-scam losses in a single year, a tax on every crowded market.
A Davenport CitiBus fare is $1.00 one way.
Neighborhood intelligence
| Neighborhood | Singles | M / F | Income | 1BR rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Davenport | 5,995 | 52 / 48 | $35,416 | $905 |
| West Davenport | 5,129 | 55 / 45 | $39,856 | $951 |
| Bettendorf | 4,415 | 56 / 44 | $54,736 | $1,189 |
| Northwest Davenport | 4,332 | 52 / 48 | $41,111 | $1,073 |
| Northeast Davenport | 4,190 | 49 / 51 | $44,242 | $993 |
| Southwest Davenport | 1,968 | 54 / 46 | $31,492 | $1,043 |
Local date spots
Real venues across Davenport, scraped from Google Maps and filterable by neighborhood. Ratings and review counts are live Google data — never paid placement.
- East Davenport
Machine Shed Restaurant
- Bettendorf
Treehouse Pub & Eatery
- Northeast Davenport
The Filling Station
- Northwest Davenport
Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano
- Bettendorf
The Tangled Wood
- West Davenport
Harlan's Fine Foods
- Southwest Davenport
Barrel House
- East Davenport
Me & Billy
- Northeast Davenport
Granite City Food & Brewery
- Northeast Davenport
The Family Restaurant
- Bettendorf
Edison's Gastropub
- Northwest Davenport
Front Street Pub & Eatery
- Southwest Davenport
Sippis American Grill & Craft Beer
- West Davenport
Armored Gardens
- Bettendorf
Riverside Grille
- Northeast Davenport
Gypsy Highway
- East Davenport
Duck City Bistro
- Northwest Davenport
Café d'Marie
- West Davenport
Atomic Coffee Bar
- Northwest Davenport
Gunchie's Davenport
- Southwest Davenport
Boozie's Bar & Grill
- West Davenport
Redband Coffee Co.
- East Davenport
Monarch -Kitchen & Bar
- West Davenport
392Caffe
- Northeast Davenport
Brew
- Southwest Davenport
The Coffee Revolution
- Southwest Davenport
D' Lua on the River
- Northeast Davenport
Kobe Sushi and Hibachi
- Southwest Davenport
Jack's Locust Street Tavern
- Southwest Davenport
Circle Tap