Fairwater vs Van Dyne

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

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

Van Dyne has the higher population (711 vs 368 in Fairwater). Van Dyne has the higher median household income ($119,107 vs $81,667 in Fairwater). Van Dyne has the higher median home value ($265,700 vs $130,200 in Fairwater).

Population, income & housing

	Fairwater	Van Dyne
Population	368	711
Median age	30.9 yrs	16.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,667	$119,107
Median home value	$130,200	$265,700
Median gross rent	$1,100	—
Housing units	144	159
Homeownership rate	82.6%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairwater	Van Dyne
Population	351 → 368 (+4.8%)	218 → 711 (+226.1%)
Median household income	$54,821 → $81,667 (+49.0%)	$46,250 → $119,107 (+157.5%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $130,200 (+34.0%)	$130,800 → $265,700 (+103.1%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $1,100 (+46.1%)	$571 → $671 (+17.5%)

Fairwater

Population

351368

Median household income

$54,821$81,667

Median home value

$97,200$130,200

Median gross rent

$753$1,100

Van Dyne

Population

218711

Median household income

$46,250$119,107

Median home value

$130,800$265,700

Median gross rent

$571$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairwater	Van Dyne
Under 5	8.2%	21.2%
5 to 17	27.7%	32.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	2.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	1.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	25.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	3.5%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	4.9%	0.0%
75 and over	8.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairwater	Van Dyne
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	96.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairwater	Van Dyne
No high school diploma	11.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.6%	78.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairwater	Van Dyne
Drove alone	77.8%	71.5%
Carpooled	13.5%	26.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Fairwater	Van Dyne
Poverty rate	22.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.79	4.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938