Fredericksburg vs Ionia

A side-by-side comparison of Fredericksburg and Ionia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fredericksburg has the higher population (1,040 vs 318 in Ionia). Ionia has the higher median household income ($73,426 vs $65,809 in Fredericksburg). Fredericksburg has the higher median home value ($164,100 vs $97,600 in Ionia).

Population, income & housing

	Fredericksburg	Ionia
Population	1,040	318
Median age	43.4 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,809	$73,426
Median home value	$164,100	$97,600
Median gross rent	$750	$663
Housing units	508	167
Homeownership rate	71.0%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredericksburg	Ionia
Population	1,124 → 1,040 (-7.5%)	269 → 318 (+18.2%)
Median household income	$48,654 → $65,809 (+35.3%)	$63,750 → $73,426 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $164,100 (+82.3%)	$80,200 → $97,600 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $750 (+14.3%)	$444 → $663 (+49.3%)

Fredericksburg

Population

1,1241,040

Median household income

$48,654$65,809

Median home value

$90,000$164,100

Median gross rent

$656$750

Ionia

Population

269318

Median household income

$63,750$73,426

Median home value

$80,200$97,600

Median gross rent

$444$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredericksburg	Ionia
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.7%	12.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	4.9%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.6%
75 and over	16.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredericksburg	Ionia
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredericksburg	Ionia
No high school diploma	9.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	44.0%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredericksburg	Ionia
Drove alone	81.5%	86.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredericksburg	Ionia
1-unit, detached	89.4%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	5.4%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fredericksburg	Ionia
Poverty rate	7.3%	5.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1970	1954