Fruitland vs Kent Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Fruitland and Kent Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kent Estates has the higher population (1,863 vs 1,107 in Fruitland). Kent Estates has the higher median household income ($122,014 vs $101,375 in Fruitland). Kent Estates has the higher median home value ($351,100 vs $219,000 in Fruitland).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitland	Kent Estates
Population	1,107	1,863
Median age	30.5 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,375	$122,014
Median home value	$219,000	$351,100
Housing units	351	665
Homeownership rate	95.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	52.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitland	Kent Estates
Population	1,036 → 1,107 (+6.9%)	1,991 → 1,863 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$79,583 → $101,375 (+27.4%)	$102,688 → $122,014 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $219,000 (+28.2%)	$279,700 → $351,100 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $729 (+6.7%)	—

Fruitland

Population

1,0361,107

Median household income

$79,583$101,375

Median home value

$170,800$219,000

Median gross rent

$683$729

Kent Estates

Population

1,9911,863

Median household income

$102,688$122,014

Median home value

$279,700$351,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruitland	Kent Estates
Under 5	5.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	27.7%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	18.9%	5.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	8.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	22.3%
55 to 64	7.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	5.7%	17.1%
75 and over	4.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitland	Kent Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitland	Kent Estates
No high school diploma	10.0%	0.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitland	Kent Estates
Drove alone	90.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitland	Kent Estates
1-unit, detached	97.4%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
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	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fruitland	Kent Estates
Poverty rate	2.0%	4.5%
Average household size	3.17	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1993	2001