Fenton vs Lone Rock

A side-by-side comparison of Fenton and Lone Rock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fenton has the higher population (293 vs 127 in Lone Rock). Lone Rock has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $53,125 in Fenton). Lone Rock has the higher median home value ($61,300 vs $52,400 in Fenton).

Population, income & housing

	Fenton	Lone Rock
Population	293	127
Median age	55.2 yrs	67.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$56,250
Median home value	$52,400	$61,300
Median gross rent	$710	$1,025
Housing units	178	73
Homeownership rate	93.1%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenton	Lone Rock
Population	286 → 293 (+2.4%)	205 → 127 (-38.0%)
Median household income	$46,500 → $53,125 (+14.2%)	$60,625 → $56,250 (-7.2%)
Median home value	$42,700 → $52,400 (+22.7%)	$47,500 → $61,300 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $710 (+53.3%)	$600 → $1,025 (+70.8%)

Fenton

Population

286293

Median household income

$46,500$53,125

Median home value

$42,700$52,400

Median gross rent

$463$710

Lone Rock

Population

205127

Median household income

$60,625$56,250

Median home value

$47,500$61,300

Median gross rent

$600$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fenton	Lone Rock
Under 5	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.2%	4.7%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	6.3%
45 to 54	5.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	9.4%
65 to 74	21.5%	30.7%
75 and over	11.9%	26.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenton	Lone Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	92.1%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenton	Lone Rock
No high school diploma	7.5%	14.5%
High school graduate	33.3%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenton	Lone Rock
Drove alone	90.2%	57.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	19.2%
Walked	1.5%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenton	Lone Rock
1-unit, detached	97.2%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fenton	Lone Rock
Poverty rate	11.9%	2.4%
Average household size	2.03	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1946	1949