Fond du Lac vs Ripon

A side-by-side comparison of Fond du Lac and Ripon: population, income, housing, and more.

Fond du Lac and Ripon are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fond du Lac has the higher population (44,491 vs 7,803 in Ripon). Fond du Lac has the higher median household income ($61,620 vs $59,063 in Ripon). Ripon has the higher median home value ($161,500 vs $161,300 in Fond du Lac).

Population, income & housing

	Fond du Lac	Ripon
Population	44,491	7,803
Median age	37.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,620	$59,063
Median home value	$161,300	$161,500
Median gross rent	$905	$708
Housing units	20,165	3,470
Homeownership rate	58.0%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fond du Lac	Ripon
Population	42,909 → 44,491 (+3.7%)	7,781 → 7,803 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$52,724 → $61,620 (+16.9%)	$51,686 → $59,063 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $161,300 (+27.8%)	$122,800 → $161,500 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $905 (+24.0%)	$710 → $708 (-0.3%)

Fond du Lac

Population

42,90944,491

Median household income

$52,724$61,620

Median home value

$126,200$161,300

Median gross rent

$730$905

Ripon

Population

7,7817,803

Median household income

$51,686$59,063

Median home value

$122,800$161,500

Median gross rent

$710$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fond du Lac	Ripon
Under 5	6.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	14.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.8%	15.7%
75 and over	7.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fond du Lac	Ripon
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fond du Lac	Ripon
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fond du Lac	Ripon
Drove alone	75.9%	72.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	13.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fond du Lac	Ripon
1-unit, detached	59.7%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	11.7%
20 or more units	7.5%	14.9%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Fond du Lac	Ripon
Poverty rate	12.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1967	1966