Fort Dodge vs Wilroads Gardens

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

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

Wilroads Gardens has the higher population (736 vs 145 in Fort Dodge). Since 2019, Wilroads Gardens's population has grown faster (+65.0% vs -13.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Dodge	Wilroads Gardens
Population	145	736
Median age	74.5 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,667	—
Median home value	—	$93,000
Median gross rent	$859	—
Housing units	84	238
Homeownership rate	0.0%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Dodge	Wilroads Gardens
Population	168 → 145 (-13.7%)	446 → 736 (+65.0%)
Median household income	$22,250 → $31,667 (+42.3%)	$42,188 → $73,355 (+73.9%)
Median home value	—	$75,400 → $93,000 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $859 (+20.3%)	$1,080 → $1,042 (-3.5%)

Fort Dodge

Population

168145

Median household income

$22,250$31,667

Median gross rent

$714$859

Wilroads Gardens

Population

446736

Median household income

$42,188$73,355

Median home value

$75,400$93,000

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Dodge	Wilroads Gardens
Under 5	0.0%	10.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	23.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	2.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	2.1%	25.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	33.8%	5.2%
75 and over	49.0%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Dodge	Wilroads Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	45.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	54.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Dodge	Wilroads Gardens
No high school diploma	15.9%	34.7%
High school graduate	36.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Dodge	Wilroads Gardens
Drove alone	100.0%	91.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.8%
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%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Dodge	Wilroads Gardens
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Dodge	Wilroads Gardens
Poverty rate	0.0%	30.8%
Average household size	1.10	3.72
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1969	1956