Fairwater vs Mount Calvary

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

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

Mount Calvary has the higher population (699 vs 368 in Fairwater). Mount Calvary has the higher median household income ($84,886 vs $81,667 in Fairwater). Mount Calvary has the higher median home value ($201,400 vs $130,200 in Fairwater).

Population, income & housing

	Fairwater	Mount Calvary
Population	368	699
Median age	30.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,667	$84,886
Median home value	$130,200	$201,400
Median gross rent	$1,100	$685
Housing units	144	293
Homeownership rate	82.6%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairwater	Mount Calvary
Population	351 → 368 (+4.8%)	520 → 699 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$54,821 → $81,667 (+49.0%)	$70,391 → $84,886 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $130,200 (+34.0%)	$145,900 → $201,400 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $1,100 (+46.1%)	$610 → $685 (+12.3%)

Fairwater

Population

351368

Median household income

$54,821$81,667

Median home value

$97,200$130,200

Median gross rent

$753$1,100

Mount Calvary

Population

520699

Median household income

$70,391$84,886

Median home value

$145,900$201,400

Median gross rent

$610$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairwater	Mount Calvary
Under 5	8.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	27.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	11.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	19.0%
65 to 74	4.9%	9.6%
75 and over	8.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairwater	Mount Calvary
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	95.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairwater	Mount Calvary
No high school diploma	11.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	40.6%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairwater	Mount Calvary
Drove alone	77.8%	83.8%
Carpooled	13.5%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairwater	Mount Calvary
1-unit, detached	84.0%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairwater	Mount Calvary
Poverty rate	22.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.79	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1938	1964