Badger vs Fort Dodge

A side-by-side comparison of Badger and Fort Dodge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Dodge has the higher population (24,788 vs 475 in Badger). Badger has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $61,769 in Fort Dodge). Badger has the higher median home value ($136,300 vs $128,900 in Fort Dodge).

Population, income & housing

	Badger	Fort Dodge
Population	475	24,788
Median age	41.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,875	$61,769
Median home value	$136,300	$128,900
Median gross rent	$770	$764
Housing units	225	11,492
Homeownership rate	78.6%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Badger	Fort Dodge
Population	454 → 475 (+4.6%)	24,278 → 24,788 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $76,875 (+23.0%)	$40,886 → $61,769 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $136,300 (+48.2%)	$93,600 → $128,900 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $770 (+26.0%)	$652 → $764 (+17.2%)

Badger

Population

454475

Median household income

$62,500$76,875

Median home value

$92,000$136,300

Median gross rent

$611$770

Fort Dodge

Population

24,27824,788

Median household income

$40,886$61,769

Median home value

$93,600$128,900

Median gross rent

$652$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Badger	Fort Dodge
Under 5	4.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	13.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.5%
75 and over	6.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Badger	Fort Dodge
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Badger	Fort Dodge
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	27.5%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Badger	Fort Dodge
Drove alone	90.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	2.3%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Badger	Fort Dodge
1-unit, detached	96.9%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Badger	Fort Dodge
Poverty rate	6.1%	14.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1965	1956