Fountain City vs Nelson

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

Fountain City and Nelson 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 351 in Nelson). Nelson has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $51,759 in Fountain City). Fountain City has the higher median home value ($161,700 vs $154,200 in Nelson).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain City	Nelson
Population	747	351
Median age	48.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,759	$65,625
Median home value	$161,700	$154,200
Median gross rent	$865	$786
Housing units	427	161
Homeownership rate	65.1%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain City	Nelson
Population	821 → 747 (-9.0%)	340 → 351 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$55,417 → $51,759 (-6.6%)	$52,500 → $65,625 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$155,100 → $161,700 (+4.3%)	$123,000 → $154,200 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $865 (-8.7%)	$581 → $786 (+35.3%)

Fountain City

Population

821747

Median household income

$55,417$51,759

Median home value

$155,100$161,700

Median gross rent

$947$865

Nelson

Population

340351

Median household income

$52,500$65,625

Median home value

$123,000$154,200

Median gross rent

$581$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain City	Nelson
Under 5	3.5%	10.3%
5 to 17	8.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	15.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	7.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	19.1%
75 and over	17.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain City	Nelson
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain City	Nelson
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	35.0%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain City	Nelson
Drove alone	81.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	3.7%
Worked from home	7.8%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain City	Nelson
1-unit, detached	63.5%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.3%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	7.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Fountain City	Nelson
Poverty rate	10.3%	11.6%
Average household size	1.99	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1955	1972