Fertile vs Fisher

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

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

Fertile has the higher population (782 vs 426 in Fisher). Fisher has the higher median household income ($91,438 vs $64,444 in Fertile). Fisher has the higher median home value ($180,600 vs $118,400 in Fertile).

Population, income & housing

	Fertile	Fisher
Population	782	426
Median age	47.1 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,444	$91,438
Median home value	$118,400	$180,600
Median gross rent	$783	$1,044
Housing units	370	172
Homeownership rate	75.3%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fertile	Fisher
Population	966 → 782 (-19.0%)	503 → 426 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $64,444 (+25.7%)	$69,250 → $91,438 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $118,400 (+40.0%)	$122,600 → $180,600 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $783 (+21.2%)	$692 → $1,044 (+50.9%)

Fertile

Population

966782

Median household income

$51,250$64,444

Median home value

$84,600$118,400

Median gross rent

$646$783

Fisher

Population

503426

Median household income

$69,250$91,438

Median home value

$122,600$180,600

Median gross rent

$692$1,044

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fertile	Fisher
Under 5	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	26.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	13.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	17.6%
35 to 44	7.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	5.9%
65 to 74	5.9%	5.4%
75 and over	20.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fertile	Fisher
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fertile	Fisher
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	40.7%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fertile	Fisher
Drove alone	71.8%	85.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	2.6%
Other means	2.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fertile	Fisher
1-unit, detached	76.2%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	17.4%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Fertile	Fisher
Poverty rate	10.3%	7.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1958	1971