Fonda vs Varina

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

Fonda and Varina 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 31 in Varina). Fonda has the higher median household income ($66,750 vs $40,000 in Varina). Fonda has the higher median home value ($61,200 vs $46,000 in Varina).

Population, income & housing

	Fonda	Varina
Population	668	31
Median age	38.8 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,750	$40,000
Median home value	$61,200	$46,000
Median gross rent	$546	—
Housing units	312	18
Homeownership rate	67.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fonda	Varina
Population	578 → 668 (+15.6%)	47 → 31 (-34.0%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $66,750 (+22.8%)	$40,000 → $40,000 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $61,200 (+2.0%)	$32,500 → $46,000 (+41.5%)
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

Varina

Population

4731

Median household income

$40,000$40,000

Median home value

$32,500$46,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fonda	Varina
Under 5	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	9.7%
18 to 24	14.7%	3.2%
25 to 34	7.8%	3.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	3.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	25.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	32.3%
75 and over	7.6%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fonda	Varina
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fonda	Varina
No high school diploma	11.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.9%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fonda	Varina
Drove alone	82.9%	88.2%
Carpooled	14.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fonda	Varina
1-unit, detached	80.8%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	16.7%
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	Varina
Poverty rate	9.9%	3.2%
Average household size	2.34	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1944	1951