Fort Madison vs West Point

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

Fort Madison and West Point 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 841 in West Point). West Point has the higher median household income ($66,000 vs $49,359 in Fort Madison). West Point has the higher median home value ($158,700 vs $95,900 in Fort Madison).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Madison	West Point
Population	10,221	841
Median age	43.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,359	$66,000
Median home value	$95,900	$158,700
Median gross rent	$824	$581
Housing units	5,142	400
Homeownership rate	73.1%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Madison	West Point
Population	10,513 → 10,221 (-2.8%)	892 → 841 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$42,694 → $49,359 (+15.6%)	$51,548 → $66,000 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$81,600 → $95,900 (+17.5%)	$120,600 → $158,700 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $824 (+16.2%)	$540 → $581 (+7.6%)

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

West Point

Population

892841

Median household income

$51,548$66,000

Median home value

$120,600$158,700

Median gross rent

$540$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Madison	West Point
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.2%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	6.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	19.7%
75 and over	8.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Madison	West Point
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	97.0%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Madison	West Point
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Madison	West Point
Drove alone	74.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	16.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	2.0%
Other means	0.8%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Madison	West Point
1-unit, detached	75.3%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	8.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Madison	West Point
Poverty rate	14.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1951	1970