Fall River vs Poynette

A side-by-side comparison of Fall River and Poynette: population, income, housing, and more.

Fall River and Poynette are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Poynette has the higher population (2,583 vs 1,739 in Fall River). Poynette has the higher median household income ($78,950 vs $73,229 in Fall River). Poynette has the higher median home value ($260,900 vs $229,100 in Fall River).

Population, income & housing

	Fall River	Poynette
Population	1,739	2,583
Median age	35.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,229	$78,950
Median home value	$229,100	$260,900
Median gross rent	$1,154	$744
Housing units	692	1,097
Homeownership rate	67.0%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fall River	Poynette
Population	1,861 → 1,739 (-6.6%)	2,496 → 2,583 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$77,991 → $73,229 (-6.1%)	$81,330 → $78,950 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$181,800 → $229,100 (+26.0%)	$193,300 → $260,900 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,154 → $1,154 (+0.0%)	$521 → $744 (+42.8%)

Fall River

Population

1,8611,739

Median household income

$77,991$73,229

Median home value

$181,800$229,100

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,154

Poynette

Population

2,4962,583

Median household income

$81,330$78,950

Median home value

$193,300$260,900

Median gross rent

$521$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fall River	Poynette
Under 5	6.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	25.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	17.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	5.3%	6.3%
75 and over	4.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fall River	Poynette
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	89.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fall River	Poynette
No high school diploma	9.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	26.7%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fall River	Poynette
Drove alone	82.3%	78.7%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	10.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fall River	Poynette
1-unit, detached	51.4%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	15.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	9.4%
20 or more units	4.9%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fall River	Poynette
Poverty rate	7.4%	12.2%
Average household size	2.60	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1994	1990