Ford vs Fort Dodge

A side-by-side comparison of Ford and Fort Dodge: population, income, housing, and more.

Ford and Fort Dodge are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ford has the higher population (195 vs 145 in Fort Dodge). Ford has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $31,667 in Fort Dodge). Since 2019, Ford's population has grown faster (-11.8% vs -13.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Ford	Fort Dodge
Population	195	145
Median age	32.2 yrs	74.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	$31,667
Median home value	$134,700	—
Median gross rent	$763	$859
Housing units	123	84
Homeownership rate	54.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford	Fort Dodge
Population	221 → 195 (-11.8%)	168 → 145 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $75,313 (+82.6%)	$22,250 → $31,667 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$44,000 → $134,700 (+206.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$767 → $763 (-0.5%)	$714 → $859 (+20.3%)

Ford

Population

221195

Median household income

$41,250$75,313

Median home value

$44,000$134,700

Median gross rent

$767$763

Fort Dodge

Population

168145

Median household income

$22,250$31,667

Median gross rent

$714$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ford	Fort Dodge
Under 5	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.1%	2.1%
55 to 64	7.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	16.9%	33.8%
75 and over	7.7%	49.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford	Fort Dodge
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford	Fort Dodge
No high school diploma	10.4%	15.9%
High school graduate	42.2%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford	Fort Dodge
Drove alone	94.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford	Fort Dodge
1-unit, detached	74.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ford	Fort Dodge
Poverty rate	8.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.01	1.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1951	1969