Fruitland vs Nichols

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

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

Fruitland has the higher population (1,107 vs 393 in Nichols). Fruitland has the higher median household income ($101,375 vs $87,500 in Nichols). Fruitland has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $119,800 in Nichols).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitland	Nichols
Population	1,107	393
Median age	30.5 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,375	$87,500
Median home value	$219,000	$119,800
Median gross rent	—	$638
Housing units	351	201
Homeownership rate	95.4%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitland	Nichols
Population	1,036 → 1,107 (+6.9%)	374 → 393 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$79,583 → $101,375 (+27.4%)	$61,875 → $87,500 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $219,000 (+28.2%)	$96,300 → $119,800 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $729 (+6.7%)	$850 → $638 (-24.9%)

Fruitland

Population

1,0361,107

Median household income

$79,583$101,375

Median home value

$170,800$219,000

Median gross rent

$683$729

Nichols

Population

374393

Median household income

$61,875$87,500

Median home value

$96,300$119,800

Median gross rent

$850$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruitland	Nichols
Under 5	5.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	27.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	18.9%	20.4%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	7.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.7%	12.2%
75 and over	4.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitland	Nichols
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	71.2%
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	1.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	27.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitland	Nichols
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	29.5%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitland	Nichols
Drove alone	90.7%	82.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitland	Nichols
1-unit, detached	97.4%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fruitland	Nichols
Poverty rate	2.0%	3.6%
Average household size	3.17	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1993	1938