Fort Dodge vs Spearville

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

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

Spearville has the higher population (1,054 vs 145 in Fort Dodge). Spearville has the higher median household income ($71,230 vs $31,667 in Fort Dodge). Since 2019, Spearville's population has grown faster (+13.9% vs -13.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Dodge	Spearville
Population	145	1,054
Median age	74.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,667	$71,230
Median home value	—	$185,400
Median gross rent	$859	$775
Housing units	84	432
Homeownership rate	0.0%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Dodge	Spearville
Population	168 → 145 (-13.7%)	925 → 1,054 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$22,250 → $31,667 (+42.3%)	$68,906 → $71,230 (+3.4%)
Median home value	—	$118,900 → $185,400 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $859 (+20.3%)	$742 → $775 (+4.4%)

Fort Dodge

Population

168145

Median household income

$22,250$31,667

Median gross rent

$714$859

Spearville

Population

9251,054

Median household income

$68,906$71,230

Median home value

$118,900$185,400

Median gross rent

$742$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Dodge	Spearville
Under 5	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	2.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	33.8%	17.9%
75 and over	49.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Dodge	Spearville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Dodge	Spearville
No high school diploma	15.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	36.6%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Dodge	Spearville
Drove alone	100.0%	72.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Dodge	Spearville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Dodge	Spearville
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.5%
Average household size	1.10	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1969	1972