Denmark vs Fort Madison

A side-by-side comparison of Denmark and Fort Madison: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Madison has the higher population (10,221 vs 738 in Denmark). Denmark has the higher median household income ($105,714 vs $49,359 in Fort Madison). Denmark has the higher median home value ($193,200 vs $95,900 in Fort Madison).

Population, income & housing

	Denmark	Fort Madison
Population	738	10,221
Median age	41.4 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,714	$49,359
Median home value	$193,200	$95,900
Median gross rent	$874	$824
Housing units	304	5,142
Homeownership rate	85.2%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denmark	Fort Madison
Population	429 → 738 (+72.0%)	10,513 → 10,221 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$44,621 → $105,714 (+136.9%)	$42,694 → $49,359 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $193,200 (+115.1%)	$81,600 → $95,900 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $874 (-0.1%)	$709 → $824 (+16.2%)

Denmark

Population

429738

Median household income

$44,621$105,714

Median home value

$89,800$193,200

Median gross rent

$875$874

Fort Madison

Population

10,51310,221

Median household income

$42,694$49,359

Median home value

$81,600$95,900

Median gross rent

$709$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denmark	Fort Madison
Under 5	8.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	29.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	3.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	2.4%	13.1%
75 and over	8.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denmark	Fort Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denmark	Fort Madison
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	15.3%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denmark	Fort Madison
Drove alone	97.8%	74.8%
Carpooled	2.2%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denmark	Fort Madison
1-unit, detached	90.8%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Denmark	Fort Madison
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1976	1951