Fertile vs Fosston

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

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

Fosston has the higher population (1,283 vs 782 in Fertile). Fertile has the higher median household income ($64,444 vs $50,694 in Fosston). Fosston has the higher median home value ($126,500 vs $118,400 in Fertile).

Population, income & housing

	Fertile	Fosston
Population	782	1,283
Median age	47.1 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,444	$50,694
Median home value	$118,400	$126,500
Median gross rent	$783	$846
Housing units	370	613
Homeownership rate	75.3%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fertile	Fosston
Population	966 → 782 (-19.0%)	1,571 → 1,283 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $64,444 (+25.7%)	$41,964 → $50,694 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$84,600 → $118,400 (+40.0%)	$107,700 → $126,500 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $783 (+21.2%)	$791 → $846 (+7.0%)

Fertile

Population

966782

Median household income

$51,250$64,444

Median home value

$84,600$118,400

Median gross rent

$646$783

Fosston

Population

1,5711,283

Median household income

$41,964$50,694

Median home value

$107,700$126,500

Median gross rent

$791$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fertile	Fosston
Under 5	4.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	3.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	7.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	5.9%	13.2%
75 and over	20.2%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fertile	Fosston
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fertile	Fosston
No high school diploma	5.9%	18.0%
High school graduate	40.7%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fertile	Fosston
Drove alone	71.8%	71.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	8.5%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.6%
Worked from home	7.7%	7.7%
Other means	2.6%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fertile	Fosston
1-unit, detached	76.2%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	3.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Fertile	Fosston
Poverty rate	10.3%	24.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	26	14
Median year structure built	1958	1965