Coalville vs Fort Dodge

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

Coalville 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 652 in Coalville). Coalville has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $61,769 in Fort Dodge). Coalville has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $128,900 in Fort Dodge).

Population, income & housing

	Coalville	Fort Dodge
Population	652	24,788
Median age	36.8 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$61,769
Median home value	$165,300	$128,900
Median gross rent	—	$764
Housing units	294	11,492
Homeownership rate	93.1%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coalville	Fort Dodge
Population	722 → 652 (-9.7%)	24,278 → 24,788 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$50,125 → $68,750 (+37.2%)	$40,886 → $61,769 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$131,000 → $165,300 (+26.2%)	$93,600 → $128,900 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$652 → $764 (+17.2%)

Coalville

Population

722652

Median household income

$50,125$68,750

Median home value

$131,000$165,300

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)

	Coalville	Fort Dodge
Under 5	16.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	0.9%	13.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.5%
75 and over	5.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coalville	Fort Dodge
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coalville	Fort Dodge
No high school diploma	7.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	36.4%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coalville	Fort Dodge
Drove alone	91.4%	81.9%
Carpooled	1.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coalville	Fort Dodge
1-unit, detached	82.7%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Coalville	Fort Dodge
Poverty rate	6.7%	14.4%
Average household size	2.80	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1964	1956