Columbus City vs Fredonia

A side-by-side comparison of Columbus City and Fredonia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Columbus City has the higher population (306 vs 232 in Fredonia). Columbus City has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $51,250 in Fredonia). Columbus City has the higher median home value ($104,400 vs $86,400 in Fredonia).

Population, income & housing

	Columbus City	Fredonia
Population	306	232
Median age	51.5 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,500	$51,250
Median home value	$104,400	$86,400
Housing units	134	84
Homeownership rate	97.0%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Columbus City	Fredonia
Population	345 → 306 (-11.3%)	294 → 232 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$51,354 → $82,500 (+60.6%)	$38,750 → $51,250 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $104,400 (+21.7%)	$68,800 → $86,400 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$721 → $756 (+4.9%)

Columbus City

Population

345306

Median household income

$51,354$82,500

Median home value

$85,800$104,400

Fredonia

Population

294232

Median household income

$38,750$51,250

Median home value

$68,800$86,400

Median gross rent

$721$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Columbus City	Fredonia
Under 5	4.2%	9.5%
5 to 17	11.4%	6.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	15.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	34.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	3.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	22.9%	9.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	2.2%
75 and over	9.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Columbus City	Fredonia
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	44.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	52.3%	55.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Columbus City	Fredonia
No high school diploma	27.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	44.6%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Columbus City	Fredonia
Drove alone	69.4%	51.0%
Carpooled	28.1%	49.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Columbus City	Fredonia
1-unit, detached	75.4%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.6%	32.1%

Poverty & households

	Columbus City	Fredonia
Poverty rate	4.9%	27.2%
Average household size	2.28	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1968	1968