Fertile vs Northwood

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

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

Northwood has the higher population (2,170 vs 272 in Fertile). Northwood has the higher median household income ($64,615 vs $64,432 in Fertile). Fertile has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $124,800 in Northwood).

Population, income & housing

	Fertile	Northwood
Population	272	2,170
Median age	59.3 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,432	$64,615
Median home value	$150,000	$124,800
Median gross rent	$869	$583
Housing units	186	961
Homeownership rate	89.8%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fertile	Northwood
Population	293 → 272 (-7.2%)	2,297 → 2,170 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $64,432 (+30.5%)	$52,600 → $64,615 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $150,000 (+79.0%)	$97,600 → $124,800 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $869 (+51.1%)	$680 → $583 (-14.3%)

Fertile

Population

293272

Median household income

$49,375$64,432

Median home value

$83,800$150,000

Median gross rent

$575$869

Northwood

Population

2,2972,170

Median household income

$52,600$64,615

Median home value

$97,600$124,800

Median gross rent

$680$583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fertile	Northwood
Under 5	1.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	8.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	1.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	26.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.2%
75 and over	28.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fertile	Northwood
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fertile	Northwood
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	41.5%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fertile	Northwood
Drove alone	78.2%	77.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	4.5%
Other means	1.4%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fertile	Northwood
1-unit, detached	96.2%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fertile	Northwood
Poverty rate	4.8%	5.2%
Average household size	1.85	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1950	1952