Fonda vs Plover

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

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

Fonda has the higher population (668 vs 46 in Plover). Fonda has the higher median household income ($66,750 vs $45,750 in Plover). Since 2019, Fonda's population has grown faster (+15.6% vs -47.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fonda	Plover
Population	668	46
Median age	38.8 yrs	65.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,750	$45,750
Median home value	$61,200	—
Median gross rent	$546	—
Housing units	312	47
Homeownership rate	67.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fonda	Plover
Population	578 → 668 (+15.6%)	87 → 46 (-47.1%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $66,750 (+22.8%)	$34,500 → $45,750 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $61,200 (+2.0%)	$45,000 → $41,400 (-8.0%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $546 (-0.5%)	—

Fonda

Population

578668

Median household income

$54,375$66,750

Median home value

$60,000$61,200

Median gross rent

$549$546

Plover

Population

8746

Median household income

$34,500$45,750

Median home value

$45,000$41,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fonda	Plover
Under 5	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	8.7%
18 to 24	14.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	4.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	4.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	4.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	13.3%	54.3%
75 and over	7.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fonda	Plover
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	97.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fonda	Plover
No high school diploma	11.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.9%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fonda	Plover
Drove alone	82.9%	94.7%
Carpooled	14.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fonda	Plover
1-unit, detached	80.8%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fonda	Plover
Poverty rate	9.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.34	1.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1944	1938