Alto vs Fairwater

A side-by-side comparison of Alto and Fairwater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairwater has the higher population (368 vs 119 in Alto). Alto has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $81,667 in Fairwater). Alto has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $130,200 in Fairwater).

Population, income & housing

	Alto	Fairwater
Population	119	368
Median age	55.4 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$81,667
Median home value	$158,300	$130,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,100
Housing units	52	144
Homeownership rate	98.0%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alto	Fairwater
Population	171 → 119 (-30.4%)	351 → 368 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $83,125 (+29.1%)	$54,821 → $81,667 (+49.0%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $158,300 (+28.9%)	$97,200 → $130,200 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$753 → $1,100 (+46.1%)

Alto

Population

171119

Median household income

$64,375$83,125

Median home value

$122,800$158,300

Fairwater

Population

351368

Median household income

$54,821$81,667

Median home value

$97,200$130,200

Median gross rent

$753$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alto	Fairwater
Under 5	11.8%	8.2%
5 to 17	6.7%	27.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	6.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	16.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	2.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	34.5%	9.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	4.9%
75 and over	5.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alto	Fairwater
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
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	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alto	Fairwater
No high school diploma	16.3%	11.4%
High school graduate	33.7%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alto	Fairwater
Drove alone	87.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alto	Fairwater
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Alto	Fairwater
Poverty rate	7.6%	22.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938