Bridgewater vs Fontanelle

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

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

Fontanelle has the higher population (629 vs 131 in Bridgewater). Fontanelle has the higher median household income ($66,500 vs $59,167 in Bridgewater). Fontanelle has the higher median home value ($93,800 vs $70,500 in Bridgewater).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgewater	Fontanelle
Population	131	629
Median age	38.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,167	$66,500
Median home value	$70,500	$93,800
Median gross rent	$535	$856
Housing units	62	344
Homeownership rate	88.7%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgewater	Fontanelle
Population	121 → 131 (+8.3%)	660 → 629 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $59,167 (+37.2%)	$46,750 → $66,500 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$32,700 → $70,500 (+115.6%)	$70,300 → $93,800 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$444 → $535 (+20.5%)	$569 → $856 (+50.4%)

Bridgewater

Population

121131

Median household income

$43,125$59,167

Median home value

$32,700$70,500

Median gross rent

$444$535

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)

	Bridgewater	Fontanelle
Under 5	8.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	19.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.2%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	14.3%
75 and over	4.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgewater	Fontanelle
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgewater	Fontanelle
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgewater	Fontanelle
Drove alone	72.3%	85.9%
Carpooled	27.7%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgewater	Fontanelle
1-unit, detached	93.5%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Bridgewater	Fontanelle
Poverty rate	17.2%	5.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1938	1949