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Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

1,633
Residents
$104,583
Median income
$555,800
Median home
$1,097
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet WI-FONTANA-ON-GENEVA-LAKE-WI · Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI 1,633 pop · income 80th pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-HIGH · COL-BELOW · SAFE-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-HIGH · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 1,633
  • INC-HIGH $104,583
  • COL-BELOW 94.1
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-TOP 80th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Battle Ground
  • HOME-HIGH $555,800
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Battle Ground, IN (+ $0 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Fontana-on-Geneva Lake

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Fontana-on-Geneva Lake on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Fontana-on-Geneva Lake on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,633.

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Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $104,583. Population peers are excluded.

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Fontana-on-Geneva Lake - the verdict

Nationally, Fontana-on-Geneva Lake sits in the 80th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.

80th
percentile, household income
87th
percentile, home value
29th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is a small town in Wisconsin, home to 1,633 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Fontana-on-Geneva Lake report a median income of $104,583 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.9%. Home values in Fontana-on-Geneva Lake run a median of $555,800, and the median resident age is 54.9 years. 58.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 54.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 18 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 50% from five years earlier.

Living costs in Wisconsin run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Wisconsin at 94.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Below Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,097 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $225 across Wisconsin, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 59.1 out of 100 (Moderate).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Fontana-on-Geneva Lake's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to population change to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

What does the journey to work look like in Fontana-on-Geneva Lake?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.

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2. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Fontana-on-Geneva Lake?

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.

The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

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Question 3

Is Fontana-on-Geneva Lake growing, shrinking, or holding steady?

Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -18 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 18 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.

The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.

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4. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Fontana-on-Geneva Lake?

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

Within Wisconsin, the closest population matches are Wind Point (1,632 residents, $134,375 income); River Hills (1,639 residents, $198,750 income); Spencer (1,621 residents, $74,245 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Cedar Bluff, AL (1,633 residents); Olivet, MI (1,633 residents); Worthington, IN (1,634 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

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Population

1,633 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$104,583 /yr

High income · poverty 4.9% (Below-median poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

94.1 (US=100)

Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Wisconsin average

City profile score · Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI

75/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Bachelor's+ share A+
58.9%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Household income B+
$104,583

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Cost of living B-
94.1 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Poverty rate B-
4.9%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Bachelor's+ share, Household income, Cost of living, Poverty rate. Bachelor's+ shareHousehold incomeCost of livingPoverty rate 75 B+
Fontana-on-Geneva Lake profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Bachelor's+ share: 91/100 (A+) · 58.9%
  • Household income: 79/100 (B+) · $104,583
  • Cost of living: 68/100 (B-) · 94.1 index
  • Poverty rate: 66/100 (B-) · 4.9%

How does Fontana-on-Geneva Lake compare to other US cities?

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 80% higher than other cities
Home value 87% pricier than other cities
Median rent 29% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Fontana-on-Geneva Lake against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Wisconsin only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Wisconsin-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Fontana-on-Geneva Lake near the bottom of Wisconsin's cities

Among the 761 Wisconsin cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Fontana-on-Geneva Lake ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Fontana-on-Geneva Lake only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#69 of 753
91st percentile in Wisconsin
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 761
0th percentile in Wisconsin
Median Home Value
#9 of 754
99th percentile in Wisconsin
Poverty Rate
#402 of 761
46th percentile in Wisconsin
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#31 of 761
96th percentile in Wisconsin
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Wisconsin only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

80thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

80th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Fontana-on-Geneva Lake's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$555,800 13th percentile more affordable than 13% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Below this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Below this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). This entry sits in this band. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Fontana-on-Geneva Lake $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.3×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,341 of 15,516
More affordable than 14% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,017 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 5.3×, Fontana-on-Geneva Lake sits in the pressured band: national rank #13,341 of 15,516 and #10,017 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$104,583 Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI's median household income ($104,583) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI median $104,583/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, WI.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 58.9%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 4.9%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 54.5%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
1,633
Median Income
$104,583
Median Home Value
$555,800
Median Age
54.9
Poverty Rate
4.9%
Labor force participation
54.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
58.9%

Population Change

PEP vintage

Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025

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1,880 residents1,890 residents1,900 residents1,910 residents 202020212022202320242025 1,904 residents 1,886 residents ▼ -0.9%
Fontana-on-Geneva Lake's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.
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Period Population
2020 1,904 residents
2021 1,904 residents
2022 1,903 residents
2023 1,896 residents
2024 1,889 residents
2025 1,886 residents

Housing Supply

BPS source

Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized

📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
18
housing units authorized
Single-Family
18
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
11
permits per 1,000 residents

5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)

Year Total
2019 12
2020 15
2021 19
2022 19
2023 17
2024 18

Permit volume increased 50% from 2019 to 2024.

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
73.2%
Carpool
1.8%
Public Transit
1.4%
Walk
1.6%
Work from Home
21.8%

Based on 769 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Wisconsin statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Wisconsin at $225 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $45 ).

These are Wisconsin statewide averages, not a meter reading for Fontana-on-Geneva Lake. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Wisconsin's BEA cost-of-living index is 94.1 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Fontana-on-Geneva Lake is $1,097/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Wisconsin statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 59.1 / 100 (Moderate).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Wisconsin statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Fontana-on-Geneva Lake sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Fontana-on-Geneva Lake compares to similar-size Wisconsin cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Fontana-on-Geneva Lake (this city) 1,633 $104,583
Wind Point 1,632 $134,375
River Hills 1,639 $198,750
Spencer 1,621 $74,245
Census BPS 2024
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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