City safety & data profile

Fond du LacWI

Fond du Lac, WI is a 43K-resident city in Fond du Lac County with a median household income of $62,260.

Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Fond du Lac, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Fond du Lac has a population larger than 75% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $173,700, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

43K
Population (place)
Top 25%
By size
$62,260
Median income (place)
$173,700
Median home (place)
12.4%
Poverty rate (place)
My saved cities

The read on Fond du Lac

Fond du Lac posts a median household income higher than 26% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Fond du Lac area.

Bottom 27%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Fond du Lac

Where Fond du Lac income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$62,260 Bottom 26% higher than 26% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Fond du Lac $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in WI

Population among 85 WI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Milwaukee is the largest WI city on this list; Whitefish Bay leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in WI

Median household income among the same 85-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Whitefish Bay posts the highest place-level median income in WI; Milwaukee is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Fond du Lac, WI beyond the headline numbers

Fond du Lac sits inside Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, at roughly 43.77°N, -88.44°W. Population 42,933, $62,260 median household income. Median home value $173,700, median rent $913. Poverty rate 12.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Fond du Lac, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Fond du Lac, WI stands at 12.4%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Fond du Lac runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 9.2% of Fond du Lac workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 44.5% in Fond du Lac, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Fond du Lac from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
42,933
Fond du Lac · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$62,260
-30% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$173,700
-58% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Fond du Lac County): Fond du Lac's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
104K+2%
Median Income
$74,275+38%
Median Home Value
$222,800+53%
Poverty Rate
9.2%-6%
Unemployment
3.2%-54%

Economics

Economics indicators for Fond du Lac, WI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$913/mo
Poverty Rate
12.4%
Unemployment 4.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 21.3%
Work From Home 9.2%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 83.3%
African American 3%
Asian 3.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
44.5%
High Blood Pressure
32.9%
Short Sleep Duration
31.1%
Physical Inactivity
30.1%
Binge Drinking
19.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.8%
Current Smoking
15.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.9%
Current Asthma
11.4%
Diabetes
11.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 64.1%
Annual Checkup 77.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.5%
Stroke
3.4%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
1
★★★
0
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
SSM HEALTH ST AGNES HOSPITAL-FOND DU LAC
FOND DU LAC · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Fond du Lac?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Fond du Lac right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet WI-FOND-DU-LAC · Fond du Lac

Fond du Lac: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Fond du Lac

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Fond du Lac.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Fond du Lac; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Wisconsin state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

Read with this city profile

Understanding Weather Alerts

Watch vs warning vs advisory, how NOAA labels map to action
All safety guides →

Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Fond du Lac, WI? ▼
Fond du Lac, WI has a population of 42,933 people, located in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Fond du Lac? ▼
The median household income in Fond du Lac, WI is $62,260 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.4%.
What is the median home value in Fond du Lac? ▼
The median home value in Fond du Lac, WI is $173,700. Median rent is $913/month.
What are the top health concerns in Fond du Lac? ▼
The top health indicators in Fond du Lac include Obesity (44.5%), High Blood Pressure (32.9%), Short Sleep Duration (31.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Fond du Lac? ▼
Fond du Lac has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Fond du Lac? ▼
The median age in Fond du Lac, WI is 36.9 years. 21.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Fond du Lac, both outside Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside WI (12.4% here).

Anaheim, CA 12.4% Tacoma, WA 12.4% Ontario, CA 12.4% Midland, TX 12.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside WI ($62,260 here).

Socastee, SC $62,257 Panama City, FL $62,265 Harrisonburg, VA $62,254 East Ridge, TN $62,247

Compare Fond du Lac with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Oshkosh, WI 67K Waupun, WI 11K Neenah, WI 26K Menasha, WI 18K West Bend, WI 32K Hartford, WI 14K Appleton, WI 74K Beaver Dam, WI 17K
All cities in Wisconsin → Compare Fond du Lac vs Oshkosh → All comparisons → Browse all cities

Using Fond du Lac's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Fond du Lac area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Fond du Lac against Wisconsin peers on any ranking lens. Explore Wisconsin

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Fond du Lac County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.