Fort Madison vs Keokuk

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

Fort Madison and Keokuk 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 9,748 in Keokuk). Fort Madison has the higher median household income ($49,359 vs $49,340 in Keokuk). Fort Madison has the higher median home value ($95,900 vs $93,700 in Keokuk).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Madison	Keokuk
Population	10,221	9,748
Median age	43.9 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,359	$49,340
Median home value	$95,900	$93,700
Median gross rent	$824	$810
Housing units	5,142	4,968
Homeownership rate	73.1%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Madison	Keokuk
Population	10,513 → 10,221 (-2.8%)	10,324 → 9,748 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$42,694 → $49,359 (+15.6%)	$39,779 → $49,340 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$81,600 → $95,900 (+17.5%)	$71,200 → $93,700 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $824 (+16.2%)	$648 → $810 (+25.0%)

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

Keokuk

Population

10,3249,748

Median household income

$39,779$49,340

Median home value

$71,200$93,700

Median gross rent

$648$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Madison	Keokuk
Under 5	4.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.7%
75 and over	8.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Madison	Keokuk
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	89.3%
Black or African American	4.6%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Madison	Keokuk
No high school diploma	5.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Madison	Keokuk
Drove alone	74.8%	85.1%
Carpooled	16.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.5%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Madison	Keokuk
1-unit, detached	75.3%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	8.1%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Madison	Keokuk
Poverty rate	14.8%	20.3%
Average household size	2.06	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1951	1950