Fonda vs Laurens

A side-by-side comparison of Fonda and Laurens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurens has the higher population (1,234 vs 668 in Fonda). Fonda has the higher median household income ($66,750 vs $56,354 in Laurens). Laurens has the higher median home value ($71,000 vs $61,200 in Fonda).

Population, income & housing

	Fonda	Laurens
Population	668	1,234
Median age	38.8 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,750	$56,354
Median home value	$61,200	$71,000
Median gross rent	$546	$763
Housing units	312	634
Homeownership rate	67.5%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fonda	Laurens
Population	578 → 668 (+15.6%)	1,228 → 1,234 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $66,750 (+22.8%)	$45,714 → $56,354 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $61,200 (+2.0%)	$65,900 → $71,000 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $546 (-0.5%)	$620 → $763 (+23.1%)

Fonda

Population

578668

Median household income

$54,375$66,750

Median home value

$60,000$61,200

Median gross rent

$549$546

Laurens

Population

1,2281,234

Median household income

$45,714$56,354

Median home value

$65,900$71,000

Median gross rent

$620$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fonda	Laurens
Under 5	7.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	12.5%
18 to 24	14.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.5%
75 and over	7.6%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fonda	Laurens
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	10.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fonda	Laurens
No high school diploma	11.5%	10.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fonda	Laurens
Drove alone	82.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	14.9%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fonda	Laurens
1-unit, detached	80.8%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Fonda	Laurens
Poverty rate	9.9%	12.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1944	1952