Fountain City vs Waumandee

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

Fountain City and Waumandee 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 62 in Waumandee). Waumandee has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $51,759 in Fountain City). Waumandee has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $161,700 in Fountain City).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain City	Waumandee
Population	747	62
Median age	48.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,759	$69,375
Median home value	$161,700	$175,000
Median gross rent	$865	—
Housing units	427	32
Homeownership rate	65.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain City	Waumandee
Population	821 → 747 (-9.0%)	83 → 62 (-25.3%)
Median household income	$55,417 → $51,759 (-6.6%)	$68,750 → $69,375 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$155,100 → $161,700 (+4.3%)	$107,100 → $175,000 (+63.4%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $865 (-8.7%)	$1,042 → $1,042 (+0.0%)

Fountain City

Population

821747

Median household income

$55,417$51,759

Median home value

$155,100$161,700

Median gross rent

$947$865

Waumandee

Population

8362

Median household income

$68,750$69,375

Median home value

$107,100$175,000

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain City	Waumandee
Under 5	3.5%	16.1%
5 to 17	8.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	15.3%	1.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	8.7%	24.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	3.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	8.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	9.7%
75 and over	17.0%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain City	Waumandee
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain City	Waumandee
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.3%
High school graduate	35.0%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain City	Waumandee
Drove alone	81.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	7.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	20.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain City	Waumandee
1-unit, detached	63.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fountain City	Waumandee
Poverty rate	10.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.99	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1955	1938