Fonda vs Pocahontas

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

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

Pocahontas has the higher population (1,536 vs 668 in Fonda). Fonda has the higher median household income ($66,750 vs $56,298 in Pocahontas). Pocahontas has the higher median home value ($96,600 vs $61,200 in Fonda).

Population, income & housing

	Fonda	Pocahontas
Population	668	1,536
Median age	38.8 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,750	$56,298
Median home value	$61,200	$96,600
Median gross rent	$546	$700
Housing units	312	856
Homeownership rate	67.5%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fonda	Pocahontas
Population	578 → 668 (+15.6%)	1,574 → 1,536 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $66,750 (+22.8%)	$49,650 → $56,298 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $61,200 (+2.0%)	$77,300 → $96,600 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $546 (-0.5%)	$583 → $700 (+20.1%)

Fonda

Population

578668

Median household income

$54,375$66,750

Median home value

$60,000$61,200

Median gross rent

$549$546

Pocahontas

Population

1,5741,536

Median household income

$49,650$56,298

Median home value

$77,300$96,600

Median gross rent

$583$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fonda	Pocahontas
Under 5	7.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	14.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	4.9%
45 to 54	8.1%	7.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	20.2%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.5%
75 and over	7.6%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fonda	Pocahontas
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	95.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.8%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fonda	Pocahontas
No high school diploma	11.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fonda	Pocahontas
Drove alone	82.9%	88.3%
Carpooled	14.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fonda	Pocahontas
1-unit, detached	80.8%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Fonda	Pocahontas
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.0%
Average household size	2.34	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1944	1965