Fertile vs Kensett

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

Fertile and Kensett 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 241 in Kensett). Fertile has the higher median household income ($64,432 vs $40,278 in Kensett). Fertile has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $64,000 in Kensett).

Population, income & housing

	Fertile	Kensett
Population	272	241
Median age	59.3 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,432	$40,278
Median home value	$150,000	$64,000
Median gross rent	$869	$629
Housing units	186	155
Homeownership rate	89.8%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fertile	Kensett
Population	293 → 272 (-7.2%)	279 → 241 (-13.6%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $64,432 (+30.5%)	$35,000 → $40,278 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $150,000 (+79.0%)	$70,500 → $64,000 (-9.2%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $869 (+51.1%)	$555 → $629 (+13.3%)

Fertile

Population

293272

Median household income

$49,375$64,432

Median home value

$83,800$150,000

Median gross rent

$575$869

Kensett

Population

279241

Median household income

$35,000$40,278

Median home value

$70,500$64,000

Median gross rent

$555$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fertile	Kensett
Under 5	1.5%	1.2%
5 to 17	8.5%	9.1%
18 to 24	1.5%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.2%	5.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	6.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	26.5%	29.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	17.8%
75 and over	28.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fertile	Kensett
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fertile	Kensett
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	41.5%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fertile	Kensett
Drove alone	78.2%	82.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	11.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fertile	Kensett
1-unit, detached	96.2%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Fertile	Kensett
Poverty rate	4.8%	9.5%
Average household size	1.85	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1950	1938