Cochrane vs Fountain City

A side-by-side comparison of Cochrane and Fountain City: population, income, housing, and more.

Cochrane and Fountain City are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fountain City has the higher population (747 vs 467 in Cochrane). Cochrane has the higher median household income ($87,813 vs $51,759 in Fountain City). Fountain City has the higher median home value ($161,700 vs $131,300 in Cochrane).

Population, income & housing

	Cochrane	Fountain City
Population	467	747
Median age	35.7 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,813	$51,759
Median home value	$131,300	$161,700
Median gross rent	$727	$865
Housing units	222	427
Homeownership rate	76.5%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cochrane	Fountain City
Population	392 → 467 (+19.1%)	821 → 747 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$63,125 → $87,813 (+39.1%)	$55,417 → $51,759 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $131,300 (+19.8%)	$155,100 → $161,700 (+4.3%)
Median gross rent	$394 → $727 (+84.5%)	$947 → $865 (-8.7%)

Cochrane

Population

392467

Median household income

$63,125$87,813

Median home value

$109,600$131,300

Median gross rent

$394$727

Fountain City

Population

821747

Median household income

$55,417$51,759

Median home value

$155,100$161,700

Median gross rent

$947$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cochrane	Fountain City
Under 5	7.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	8.3%
18 to 24	11.1%	15.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	19.1%	8.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.1%
75 and over	4.3%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cochrane	Fountain City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	96.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cochrane	Fountain City
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	39.1%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cochrane	Fountain City
Drove alone	77.9%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.4%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cochrane	Fountain City
1-unit, detached	85.6%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Cochrane	Fountain City
Poverty rate	4.8%	10.3%
Average household size	2.50	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1952	1955