Fortuna vs Tipton

A side-by-side comparison of Fortuna and Tipton: population, income, housing, and more.

Fortuna and Tipton are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tipton has the higher population (2,680 vs 92 in Fortuna). Tipton has the higher median household income ($45,370 vs $41,042 in Fortuna). Fortuna has the higher median home value ($200,900 vs $119,900 in Tipton).

Population, income & housing

	Fortuna	Tipton
Population	92	2,680
Median age	60.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,042	$45,370
Median home value	$200,900	$119,900
Median gross rent	—	$768
Housing units	53	739
Homeownership rate	100.0%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fortuna	Tipton
Population	157 → 92 (-41.4%)	3,372 → 2,680 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$33,148 → $41,042 (+23.8%)	$43,021 → $45,370 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$31,300 → $200,900 (+541.9%)	$102,100 → $119,900 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$549 → $768 (+39.9%)

Fortuna

Population

15792

Median household income

$33,148$41,042

Median home value

$31,300$200,900

Tipton

Population

3,3722,680

Median household income

$43,021$45,370

Median home value

$102,100$119,900

Median gross rent

$549$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fortuna	Tipton
Under 5	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	19.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	42.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	38.0%	6.6%
75 and over	0.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fortuna	Tipton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fortuna	Tipton
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.1%
High school graduate	21.4%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	59.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fortuna	Tipton
Drove alone	47.2%	82.6%
Carpooled	52.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fortuna	Tipton
1-unit, detached	81.1%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Fortuna	Tipton
Poverty rate	9.8%	17.2%
Average household size	1.74	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1966	1971