Fontanelle vs Orient

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

Fontanelle and Orient 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 411 in Orient). Orient has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $66,500 in Fontanelle). Orient has the higher median home value ($109,800 vs $93,800 in Fontanelle).

Population, income & housing

	Fontanelle	Orient
Population	629	411
Median age	43.4 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,500	$81,250
Median home value	$93,800	$109,800
Median gross rent	$856	$1,304
Housing units	344	172
Homeownership rate	71.2%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontanelle	Orient
Population	660 → 629 (-4.7%)	467 → 411 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$46,750 → $66,500 (+42.2%)	$45,833 → $81,250 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $93,800 (+33.4%)	$78,000 → $109,800 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $856 (+50.4%)	$560 → $1,304 (+132.9%)

Fontanelle

Population

660629

Median household income

$46,750$66,500

Median home value

$70,300$93,800

Median gross rent

$569$856

Orient

Population

467411

Median household income

$45,833$81,250

Median home value

$78,000$109,800

Median gross rent

$560$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontanelle	Orient
Under 5	4.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	5.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	14.3%	18.5%
75 and over	7.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontanelle	Orient
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	86.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
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%	6.8%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontanelle	Orient
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	42.7%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontanelle	Orient
Drove alone	85.9%	69.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	7.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontanelle	Orient
1-unit, detached	86.9%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Fontanelle	Orient
Poverty rate	5.7%	13.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1949	1941