Fort Atkinson vs Spillville

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Atkinson and Spillville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spillville has the higher population (409 vs 340 in Fort Atkinson). Fort Atkinson has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $42,750 in Spillville). Spillville has the higher median home value ($156,600 vs $135,000 in Fort Atkinson).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Atkinson	Spillville
Population	340	409
Median age	47.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,083	$42,750
Median home value	$135,000	$156,600
Median gross rent	$1,125	$929
Housing units	172	221
Homeownership rate	83.2%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Atkinson	Spillville
Population	372 → 340 (-8.6%)	474 → 409 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$61,806 → $72,083 (+16.6%)	$28,269 → $42,750 (+51.2%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $135,000 (+8.0%)	$122,900 → $156,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $1,125 (+80.0%)	$741 → $929 (+25.4%)

Fort Atkinson

Population

372340

Median household income

$61,806$72,083

Median home value

$125,000$135,000

Median gross rent

$625$1,125

Spillville

Population

474409

Median household income

$28,269$42,750

Median home value

$122,900$156,600

Median gross rent

$741$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Spillville
Under 5	8.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	5.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	13.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	8.6%
45 to 54	18.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.5%
75 and over	9.1%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Spillville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Atkinson	Spillville
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	42.9%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Spillville
Drove alone	88.9%	89.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	1.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Atkinson	Spillville
1-unit, detached	87.2%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Atkinson	Spillville
Poverty rate	1.8%	16.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1957	1949