Fenton vs Lu Verne

A side-by-side comparison of Fenton and Lu Verne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lu Verne has the higher population (315 vs 293 in Fenton). Lu Verne has the higher median household income ($56,667 vs $53,125 in Fenton). Fenton has the higher median home value ($52,400 vs $38,100 in Lu Verne).

Population, income & housing

	Fenton	Lu Verne
Population	293	315
Median age	55.2 yrs	24.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$56,667
Median home value	$52,400	$38,100
Median gross rent	$710	—
Housing units	178	151
Homeownership rate	93.1%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenton	Lu Verne
Population	286 → 293 (+2.4%)	296 → 315 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$46,500 → $53,125 (+14.2%)	$56,250 → $56,667 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$42,700 → $52,400 (+22.7%)	$35,300 → $38,100 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $710 (+53.3%)	$657 → $788 (+19.9%)

Fenton

Population

286293

Median household income

$46,500$53,125

Median home value

$42,700$52,400

Median gross rent

$463$710

Lu Verne

Population

296315

Median household income

$56,250$56,667

Median home value

$35,300$38,100

Median gross rent

$657$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fenton	Lu Verne
Under 5	6.1%	12.4%
5 to 17	8.2%	24.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	14.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	6.7%
45 to 54	5.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	21.5%	4.4%
75 and over	11.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenton	Lu Verne
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	85.7%
Black or African American	6.5%	9.5%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenton	Lu Verne
No high school diploma	7.5%	9.2%
High school graduate	33.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenton	Lu Verne
Drove alone	90.2%	67.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	9.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenton	Lu Verne
1-unit, detached	97.2%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
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	Lu Verne
Poverty rate	11.9%	24.1%
Average household size	2.03	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1946	1938