Fertile vs Grafton

A side-by-side comparison of Fertile and Grafton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fertile has the higher population (272 vs 233 in Grafton). Fertile has the higher median household income ($64,432 vs $52,188 in Grafton). Fertile has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $94,600 in Grafton).

Population, income & housing

	Fertile	Grafton
Population	272	233
Median age	59.3 yrs	51.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,432	$52,188
Median home value	$150,000	$94,600
Median gross rent	$869	$655
Housing units	186	136
Homeownership rate	89.8%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fertile	Grafton
Population	293 → 272 (-7.2%)	225 → 233 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $64,432 (+30.5%)	$60,781 → $52,188 (-14.1%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $150,000 (+79.0%)	$81,100 → $94,600 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $869 (+51.1%)	$488 → $655 (+34.2%)

Fertile

Population

293272

Median household income

$49,375$64,432

Median home value

$83,800$150,000

Median gross rent

$575$869

Grafton

Population

225233

Median household income

$60,781$52,188

Median home value

$81,100$94,600

Median gross rent

$488$655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fertile	Grafton
Under 5	1.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	8.5%	9.9%
18 to 24	1.5%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	8.8%	5.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	26.5%	24.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	18.5%
75 and over	28.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fertile	Grafton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fertile	Grafton
No high school diploma	4.1%	12.8%
High school graduate	41.5%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fertile	Grafton
Drove alone	78.2%	78.9%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	11.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fertile	Grafton
1-unit, detached	96.2%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fertile	Grafton
Poverty rate	4.8%	11.6%
Average household size	1.85	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1950	1938