Fredericksburg vs North Washington

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

Fredericksburg and North Washington 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 133 in North Washington). North Washington has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $65,809 in Fredericksburg). Fredericksburg has the higher median home value ($164,100 vs $133,300 in North Washington).

Population, income & housing

	Fredericksburg	North Washington
Population	1,040	133
Median age	43.4 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,809	$82,500
Median home value	$164,100	$133,300
Median gross rent	$750	—
Housing units	508	46
Homeownership rate	71.0%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredericksburg	North Washington
Population	1,124 → 1,040 (-7.5%)	138 → 133 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$48,654 → $65,809 (+35.3%)	$76,250 → $82,500 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $164,100 (+82.3%)	$125,000 → $133,300 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $750 (+14.3%)	$635 → $630 (-0.8%)

Fredericksburg

Population

1,1241,040

Median household income

$48,654$65,809

Median home value

$90,000$164,100

Median gross rent

$656$750

North Washington

Population

138133

Median household income

$76,250$82,500

Median home value

$125,000$133,300

Median gross rent

$635$630

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredericksburg	North Washington
Under 5	5.1%	2.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	22.6%
18 to 24	10.7%	0.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	4.9%	24.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	16.5%
75 and over	16.4%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredericksburg	North Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	91.7%
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%	6.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredericksburg	North Washington
No high school diploma	9.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	44.0%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredericksburg	North Washington
Drove alone	81.5%	90.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredericksburg	North Washington
1-unit, detached	89.4%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Fredericksburg	North Washington
Poverty rate	7.3%	11.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1970	1942