Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Fruitland, IA

Fruitland is one of Iowa's younger incorporated cities — it was incorporated on August 24, 1972 — although its post office had already been operating since 1880.

Fruitland is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area and lies just south of the city of Muscatine, the Muscatine County seat.

Fruitland boomed around the turn of the century, growing from 511 residents in 1990 to 703 in 2000 and 977 in 2010 — gains of roughly 38% in each decade.

The 2020 census counted 963 people in Fruitland in 337 households, and the city is strikingly family-oriented: 280 of its 337 households were families and 68% were married couples, while fewer than 17% were non-family households.

On June 1, 2007, Fruitland and two neighboring cities were struck by an EF-2/EF-3 tornado that destroyed Fruitland City Hall and the Fruitland Post Office; injuries were reported but there were no deaths, and a new Fruitland Community Center was finished later that same year.

Fruitland's city park is Drake Park.

The Louisa–Muscatine Community School District operates the public schools serving Fruitland.

A large coal-burning power plant owned by MidAmerican Energy is located just southeast of Fruitland, across the line in Louisa County.

Fruitland covers 1.80 square miles in Muscatine County, all of it land.