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Population (year 2000): 360. Estimated
population in July 2005: 357 (-0.8% change)
Males: 171 (47.5%), Females: 189 (52.5%)
Worth County
Zip code:
50434
Median resident age: 40.8 years
Median household income: $33,558 (year 2000)
Median house value: $48,800 (year 2000)
Races in Fertile:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.8%)
- Other race (3.1%)
- Hispanic (2.5%)
- Black (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (42.8%), Norwegian (37.5%),
English (9.7%), Irish (4.7%), Swedish (3.3%), United States
(2.2%).
Elevation: 1170 feet
Land area: 0.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Fertile
- High school or higher: 82.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.5%
- Unemployed: 4.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Fertile city
- Never married: 18.6%
- Now married: 62.5%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 8.7%
- Divorced: 9.3%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -21 (-5.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Fertile:
- MERCY MEDICAL CENTER-NORTH IOWA (about 18 miles;
MASON CITY, IA)
- NAEVE HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; ALBERT LEA, MN)
- HANCOCK COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 29 miles;
BRITT, IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Fertile:
- MASON CITY MUNI (about 11 miles; MASON CITY, IA; ID:
MCW)
- FORT DODGE REGIONAL (about 73 miles; FORT DODGE, IA;
ID: FOD)
- ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL (about 79 miles; ROCHESTER,
MN; ID: RST)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fertile:
- LAKE MILLS MUNI (about 11 miles; LAKE MILLS, IA; ID:
0Y6)
- FOREST CITY MUNI (about 14 miles; FOREST CITY, IA;
ID: FXY)
- NORTHWOOD MUNI (about 20 miles; NORTHWOOD, IA; ID:
5D2)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Fertile:
- NORTH IOWA AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles;
MASON CITY, IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,161)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 73 miles;
MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 11,210)
- IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 75 miles; FT
DODGE, IA; FT enrollment: 2,807)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 77
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 84 miles; ST PETER,
MN; FT enrollment: 2,355)
- SAINT OLAF COLLEGE (about 84 miles; NORTHFIELD, MN;
FT enrollment: 2,968)
- IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 85 miles; AMES, IA; FT
enrollment: 24,473)
Library in Fertile:
- FERTILE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$22,611; Location: 204 WEST MAIN, BOX 198; 9,526 books;
551 audio materials; 612 video materials; 41 serial
subscriptions)
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