Adair vs Fontanelle

A side-by-side comparison of Adair and Fontanelle: population, income, housing, and more.

Adair and Fontanelle are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Adair has the higher population (853 vs 629 in Fontanelle). Fontanelle has the higher median household income ($66,500 vs $57,250 in Adair). Adair has the higher median home value ($126,600 vs $93,800 in Fontanelle).

Population, income & housing

	Adair	Fontanelle
Population	853	629
Median age	38.8 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$66,500
Median home value	$126,600	$93,800
Median gross rent	$852	$856
Housing units	412	344
Homeownership rate	69.4%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adair	Fontanelle
Population	750 → 853 (+13.7%)	660 → 629 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $57,250 (+14.5%)	$46,750 → $66,500 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$108,200 → $126,600 (+17.0%)	$70,300 → $93,800 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $852 (+3.1%)	$569 → $856 (+50.4%)

Adair

Population

750853

Median household income

$50,000$57,250

Median home value

$108,200$126,600

Median gross rent

$826$852

Fontanelle

Population

660629

Median household income

$46,750$66,500

Median home value

$70,300$93,800

Median gross rent

$569$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adair	Fontanelle
Under 5	6.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.8%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	14.3%
75 and over	8.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adair	Fontanelle
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adair	Fontanelle
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	40.6%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adair	Fontanelle
Drove alone	73.0%	85.9%
Carpooled	12.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adair	Fontanelle
1-unit, detached	83.7%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Adair	Fontanelle
Poverty rate	4.5%	5.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1953	1949