Cotter vs Fredonia

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

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

Fredonia has the higher population (232 vs 23 in Cotter). Cotter has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $86,400 in Fredonia). Since 2019, Fredonia's population has grown faster (-21.1% vs -34.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cotter	Fredonia
Population	23	232
Median age	50.5 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$51,250
Median home value	$108,300	$86,400
Housing units	14	84
Homeownership rate	88.9%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotter	Fredonia
Population	35 → 23 (-34.3%)	294 → 232 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $80,625 (+4.6%)	$38,750 → $51,250 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $108,300 (+80.5%)	$68,800 → $86,400 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$721 → $756 (+4.9%)

Cotter

Population

3523

Median household income

$77,083$80,625

Median home value

$60,000$108,300

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)

	Cotter	Fredonia
Under 5	8.7%	9.5%
5 to 17	21.7%	6.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	34.1%
35 to 44	4.3%	3.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	26.1%	2.2%
75 and over	4.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotter	Fredonia
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	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	8.7%	55.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotter	Fredonia
No high school diploma	12.5%	11.3%
High school graduate	56.3%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	37.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotter	Fredonia
Drove alone	75.0%	51.0%
Carpooled	25.0%	49.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotter	Fredonia
1-unit, detached	85.7%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	32.1%

Poverty & households

	Cotter	Fredonia
Poverty rate	27.3%	27.2%
Average household size	2.56	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1960	1968