Fenton vs Wesley

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

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

Wesley has the higher population (356 vs 293 in Fenton). Wesley has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $53,125 in Fenton). Wesley has the higher median home value ($88,900 vs $52,400 in Fenton).

Population, income & housing

	Fenton	Wesley
Population	293	356
Median age	55.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,125	$65,625
Median home value	$52,400	$88,900
Median gross rent	$710	$625
Housing units	178	158
Homeownership rate	93.1%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenton	Wesley
Population	286 → 293 (+2.4%)	362 → 356 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$46,500 → $53,125 (+14.2%)	$53,036 → $65,625 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$42,700 → $52,400 (+22.7%)	$76,800 → $88,900 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $710 (+53.3%)	$489 → $625 (+27.8%)

Fenton

Population

286293

Median household income

$46,500$53,125

Median home value

$42,700$52,400

Median gross rent

$463$710

Wesley

Population

362356

Median household income

$53,036$65,625

Median home value

$76,800$88,900

Median gross rent

$489$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fenton	Wesley
Under 5	6.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	8.2%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	18.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	7.6%
45 to 54	5.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	17.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	21.5%	14.6%
75 and over	11.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenton	Wesley
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	89.0%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenton	Wesley
No high school diploma	7.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	33.3%	50.6%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenton	Wesley
Drove alone	90.2%	85.3%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenton	Wesley
1-unit, detached	97.2%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fenton	Wesley
Poverty rate	11.9%	13.5%
Average household size	2.03	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1946	1957