Fontanelle vs Greenfield

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

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

Greenfield has the higher population (1,826 vs 629 in Fontanelle). Fontanelle has the higher median household income ($66,500 vs $53,152 in Greenfield). Greenfield has the higher median home value ($115,700 vs $93,800 in Fontanelle).

Population, income & housing

	Fontanelle	Greenfield
Population	629	1,826
Median age	43.4 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,500	$53,152
Median home value	$93,800	$115,700
Median gross rent	$856	$600
Housing units	344	949
Homeownership rate	71.2%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontanelle	Greenfield
Population	660 → 629 (-4.7%)	1,730 → 1,826 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$46,750 → $66,500 (+42.2%)	$42,891 → $53,152 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $93,800 (+33.4%)	$93,200 → $115,700 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $856 (+50.4%)	$523 → $600 (+14.7%)

Fontanelle

Population

660629

Median household income

$46,750$66,500

Median home value

$70,300$93,800

Median gross rent

$569$856

Greenfield

Population

1,7301,826

Median household income

$42,891$53,152

Median home value

$93,200$115,700

Median gross rent

$523$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontanelle	Greenfield
Under 5	4.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	14.3%	14.6%
75 and over	7.3%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontanelle	Greenfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontanelle	Greenfield
No high school diploma	5.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	42.7%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontanelle	Greenfield
Drove alone	85.9%	86.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	3.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontanelle	Greenfield
1-unit, detached	86.9%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fontanelle	Greenfield
Poverty rate	5.7%	16.2%
Average household size	2.14	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1949	1950