Fernwood vs Tensed

A side-by-side comparison of Fernwood and Tensed: population, income, housing, and more.

Fernwood and Tensed are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fernwood has the higher population (130 vs 56 in Tensed).

Population, income & housing

	Fernwood	Tensed
Population	130	56
Median age	—	58.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$25,833
Median home value	—	$110,000
Median gross rent	—	$467
Housing units	72	42
Homeownership rate	100.0%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	—	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fernwood	Tensed
Population	222 → 130 (-41.4%)	95 → 56 (-41.1%)
Median household income	—	$20,833 → $25,833 (+24.0%)
Median home value	—	$102,100 → $110,000 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$450 → $467 (+3.8%)

Fernwood

Population

222130

Tensed

Population

9556

Median household income

$20,833$25,833

Median home value

$102,100$110,000

Median gross rent

$450$467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fernwood	Tensed
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	28.6%
65 to 74	100.0%	17.9%
75 and over	0.0%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fernwood	Tensed
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	66.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	21.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fernwood	Tensed
No high school diploma	44.6%	27.1%
High school graduate	0.0%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	55.4%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fernwood	Tensed
Drove alone	—	58.8%
Carpooled	—	17.6%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	11.8%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	11.8%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fernwood	Tensed
1-unit, detached	100.0%	40.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	35.7%

Poverty & households

	Fernwood	Tensed
Poverty rate	0.0%	32.1%
Average household size	1.81	1.47
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	—	1977