Fairwater vs St. Cloud

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

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

St. Cloud has the higher population (467 vs 368 in Fairwater). St. Cloud has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $81,667 in Fairwater). St. Cloud has the higher median home value ($189,100 vs $130,200 in Fairwater).

Population, income & housing

	Fairwater	St. Cloud
Population	368	467
Median age	30.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,667	$96,250
Median home value	$130,200	$189,100
Median gross rent	$1,100	$797
Housing units	144	190
Homeownership rate	82.6%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairwater	St. Cloud
Population	351 → 368 (+4.8%)	510 → 467 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$54,821 → $81,667 (+49.0%)	$66,875 → $96,250 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $130,200 (+34.0%)	$143,200 → $189,100 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $1,100 (+46.1%)	$613 → $797 (+30.0%)

Fairwater

Population

351368

Median household income

$54,821$81,667

Median home value

$97,200$130,200

Median gross rent

$753$1,100

St. Cloud

Population

510467

Median household income

$66,875$96,250

Median home value

$143,200$189,100

Median gross rent

$613$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairwater	St. Cloud
Under 5	8.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	27.7%	21.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	15.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	9.5%	13.7%
65 to 74	4.9%	7.9%
75 and over	8.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairwater	St. Cloud
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairwater	St. Cloud
No high school diploma	11.4%	3.6%
High school graduate	40.6%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairwater	St. Cloud
Drove alone	77.8%	88.8%
Carpooled	13.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairwater	St. Cloud
1-unit, detached	84.0%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairwater	St. Cloud
Poverty rate	22.3%	6.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1938	1951