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Fort Madison city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Fort Madison city is a Census city of 10,133 people across 9.65 square miles of land, in Lee County. Median household income is $50,705, 72.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Fort Madison
What Fort Madison is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.65 sq mi
- Water area3.6 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,050
- County holding the largest share of its areaLee County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Madison
How many people live in Fort Madison
- Population10,133
- Median age42.1
- Population under 181,998
- Share under 1819.7 percent
- Population 65 and over2,208
- Share 65 and over21.8 percent
- Households4,548
- Family households2,411
- Share of households that are families53.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Madison
Income and work in Fort Madison
- Median household income$50,705
- Per capita income$29,507
- Civilian labor force4,682
- Employed4,338
- Unemployed344 plus or minus 143
- Unemployment rate7.3 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over7,197
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.7 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Madison
Housing in Fort Madison
- Housing units5,030
- Occupied units4,548
- Vacant units482 plus or minus 150
- Vacancy rate9.6 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Owner occupied3,294
- Renter occupied1,254
- Ownership rate72.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$94,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$826
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.5 percent
- Single family units4,040
- Share single family80.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more907 plus or minus 207
- Share in buildings of two or more18.0 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Mobile homes54 plus or minus 43
- Median year structure built1952
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Madison
How Fort Madison gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,993
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,825
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,180 plus or minus 269
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.6 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Drove alone73.3 percent
- Carpooled15.5 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Public transport0.7 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home6.6 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Madison
SBA 504 lending to Fort Madison borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$452,000
- Average approval$452,000
- Median approval$452,000
- Largest approval$452,000
- Jobs supported0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lee County, not Fort Madison
Lee County context, not Fort Madison figures
These are Lee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fort Madison measurements.
- Establishments in Lee County786
- Employment at those establishments, Lee County13,101
- Covered employment, Lee County13,719
- Average annual pay, Lee County$57,333
- Average weekly wage, Lee County$1,103
- Housing units permitted, Lee County54
- Of those, single family, Lee County12
- County product, 2024, Lee County$2,263,540,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lee County1.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lee County$46,952
Every figure in this section is published for Lee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Madison. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fort Madison questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Madison, Iowa?
10,133, in 4,548 households. Fort Madison city covers 9.65 square miles of land, which is 1,050 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Madison in?
Lee County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fort Madison?
$50,705. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $94,200. Median gross rent is $826 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Fort Madison figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lee County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fort Madison.
Is zoning published for Fort Madison?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.