Fontanelle vs Fort Calhoun

A side-by-side comparison of Fontanelle and Fort Calhoun: population, income, housing, and more.

Fontanelle and Fort Calhoun are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Calhoun has the higher population (1,246 vs 61 in Fontanelle). Fontanelle has the higher median home value ($350,000 vs $271,600 in Fort Calhoun). Since 2019, Fontanelle's population has grown faster (+110.3% vs +41.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Fontanelle	Fort Calhoun
Population	61	1,246
Median age	64.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$96,071
Median home value	$350,000	$271,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,073
Housing units	19	522
Homeownership rate	100.0%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontanelle	Fort Calhoun
Population	29 → 61 (+110.3%)	882 → 1,246 (+41.3%)
Median household income	$46,146 → $51,094 (+10.7%)	$64,342 → $96,071 (+49.3%)
Median home value	—	$163,100 → $271,600 (+66.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$880 → $1,073 (+21.9%)

Fontanelle

Population

2961

Median household income

$46,146$51,094

Fort Calhoun

Population

8821,246

Median household income

$64,342$96,071

Median home value

$163,100$271,600

Median gross rent

$880$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontanelle	Fort Calhoun
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	27.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	41.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.9%
75 and over	9.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontanelle	Fort Calhoun
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontanelle	Fort Calhoun
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	13.6%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	45.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontanelle	Fort Calhoun
Drove alone	75.0%	83.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	25.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontanelle	Fort Calhoun
1-unit, detached	100.0%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Fontanelle	Fort Calhoun
Poverty rate	9.8%	11.9%
Average household size	3.21	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1946	1987