Fond du Lac vs St. Peter

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

Fond du Lac and St. Peter 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 1,403 in St. Peter). St. Peter has the higher median household income ($153,400 vs $61,620 in Fond du Lac). St. Peter has the higher median home value ($339,600 vs $161,300 in Fond du Lac).

Population, income & housing

	Fond du Lac	St. Peter
Population	44,491	1,403
Median age	37.2 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,620	$153,400
Median home value	$161,300	$339,600
Median gross rent	$905	—
Housing units	20,165	530
Homeownership rate	58.0%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fond du Lac	St. Peter
Population	42,909 → 44,491 (+3.7%)	1,434 → 1,403 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$52,724 → $61,620 (+16.9%)	$93,816 → $153,400 (+63.5%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $161,300 (+27.8%)	$230,000 → $339,600 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $905 (+24.0%)	—

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

St. Peter

Population

1,4341,403

Median household income

$93,816$153,400

Median home value

$230,000$339,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fond du Lac	St. Peter
Under 5	6.0%	8.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	2.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	5.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	21.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.4%
75 and over	7.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fond du Lac	St. Peter
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fond du Lac	St. Peter
No high school diploma	8.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	35.5%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fond du Lac	St. Peter
Drove alone	75.9%	84.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	3.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	11.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fond du Lac	St. Peter
1-unit, detached	59.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fond du Lac	St. Peter
Poverty rate	12.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1967	1992