Fertile vs Hanlontown

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

Fertile and Hanlontown 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 243 in Hanlontown). Hanlontown has the higher median household income ($70,729 vs $64,432 in Fertile). Fertile has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $107,100 in Hanlontown).

Population, income & housing

	Fertile	Hanlontown
Population	272	243
Median age	59.3 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,432	$70,729
Median home value	$150,000	$107,100
Median gross rent	$869	$781
Housing units	186	115
Homeownership rate	89.8%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fertile	Hanlontown
Population	293 → 272 (-7.2%)	182 → 243 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $64,432 (+30.5%)	$72,857 → $70,729 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $150,000 (+79.0%)	$91,700 → $107,100 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $869 (+51.1%)	$545 → $781 (+43.3%)

Fertile

Population

293272

Median household income

$49,375$64,432

Median home value

$83,800$150,000

Median gross rent

$575$869

Hanlontown

Population

182243

Median household income

$72,857$70,729

Median home value

$91,700$107,100

Median gross rent

$545$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fertile	Hanlontown
Under 5	1.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	8.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	1.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	6.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	26.5%	23.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.6%
75 and over	28.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fertile	Hanlontown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	91.8%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fertile	Hanlontown
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	41.5%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fertile	Hanlontown
Drove alone	78.2%	73.0%
Carpooled	9.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	11.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fertile	Hanlontown
1-unit, detached	96.2%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Fertile	Hanlontown
Poverty rate	4.8%	2.5%
Average household size	1.85	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1950	1938