Average household size:
| This city: | 2.4 people | | Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 69.1% | | Whole state: | 67.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 5.4% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 9.3% | | Whole state: | 9.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 1.9% | | Whole state: | 3.8% |
Fertile compared to Iowa state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Worth County Iowa:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Water Supply |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,026 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $3,659 | $43,908 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,050 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $3,659 | $43,908 | 3 | $2,076 |
Fertile government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $56,000
Solid Waste Management: $18,000
- Current Operations - Parks & Recreation: $36,000
Regular Highways: $34,000
Sewerage: $21,000
Solid Waste Management: $20,000
General - Other: $16,000
Water Utilities: $14,000
Libraries: $10,000
Financial Administration: $5,000
Fire Protection: $5,000
General Public Buildings: $3,000
Central Staff Services: $2,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $1,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $10,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Police Protection: $2,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $207,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $200,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $199,000
Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $190,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $10,000
Water Utilities: $8,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $10,000
Interest Earnings: $1,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $14,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $116,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $34,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $29,000
- Tax - Property: $30,000
Total General Sales: $14,000
Public Utilities: $4,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $26,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $10,000
5.45% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,944 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.45% | | Iowa average: | 6.30% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.77% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,951 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.77% | | Iowa average: | 6.47% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Fertile:
- KGLO (1300 AM; 5 kW; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KNFX (970 AM; 5 kW; AUSTIN, MN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KRIB (1490 AM; 1 kW; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF MASON CITY, INC.)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- KWMT (540 AM; 5 kW; FORT DODGE, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KRNI (1010 AM; 1 kW; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
Strongest FM radio stations in Fertile:
- KIAI (93.9 FM; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KBDC (88.5 FM; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- KLSS-FM (106.1 FM; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF MASON CITY, INC.)
- KIOW (107.3 FM; FOREST CITY, IA; Owner: PILOT KNOB BROADCASTING)
- KAUS-FM (99.9 FM; AUSTIN, MN; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF LUVERNE, INC.)
- KLKK (103.7 FM; CLEAR LAKE, IA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- K214BA (90.7 FM; MASON CITY, ETC., IA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA)
- K223AB (92.5 FM; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: GREAT COMM. COMMCNS. OF N. IOWA INC)
- KCMR (97.9 FM; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: TLC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KUNY (91.5 FM; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA)
- KCPI (94.9 FM; ALBERT LEA, MN; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF LUVERNE, INC.)
- KYTC (102.7 FM; NORTHWOOD, IA; Owner: THREE EAGLES OF MASON CITY, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Fertile:
- KIMT (Channel 3; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KYIN (Channel 24; MASON CITY, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
- KAAL (Channel 6; AUSTIN, MN; Owner: KAAL-TV, LLC)
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