Fredonia vs Morning Sun

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

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

Morning Sun has the higher population (733 vs 232 in Fredonia). Morning Sun has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $51,250 in Fredonia). Morning Sun has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $86,400 in Fredonia).

Population, income & housing

	Fredonia	Morning Sun
Population	232	733
Median age	25.7 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$63,500
Median home value	$86,400	$90,300
Median gross rent	—	$875
Housing units	84	307
Homeownership rate	89.6%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredonia	Morning Sun
Population	294 → 232 (-21.1%)	783 → 733 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $51,250 (+32.3%)	$46,731 → $63,500 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $86,400 (+25.6%)	$74,900 → $90,300 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $756 (+4.9%)	$650 → $875 (+34.6%)

Fredonia

Population

294232

Median household income

$38,750$51,250

Median home value

$68,800$86,400

Median gross rent

$721$756

Morning Sun

Population

783733

Median household income

$46,731$63,500

Median home value

$74,900$90,300

Median gross rent

$650$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredonia	Morning Sun
Under 5	9.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	6.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	15.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	34.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	3.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	8.7%
55 to 64	9.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	2.2%	10.9%
75 and over	6.0%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredonia	Morning Sun
White (non-Hispanic)	44.4%	92.6%
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%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	55.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredonia	Morning Sun
No high school diploma	11.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	25.8%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredonia	Morning Sun
Drove alone	51.0%	92.2%
Carpooled	49.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredonia	Morning Sun
1-unit, detached	65.5%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.1%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Fredonia	Morning Sun
Poverty rate	27.2%	13.5%
Average household size	3.01	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1968	1951