Fennimore vs Lancaster

A side-by-side comparison of Fennimore and Lancaster: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lancaster has the higher population (3,916 vs 2,762 in Fennimore). Lancaster has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $64,891 in Fennimore). Lancaster has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $146,200 in Fennimore).

Population, income & housing

	Fennimore	Lancaster
Population	2,762	3,916
Median age	37.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,891	$80,625
Median home value	$146,200	$173,300
Median gross rent	$694	$770
Housing units	1,216	1,596
Homeownership rate	73.6%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fennimore	Lancaster
Population	2,603 → 2,762 (+6.1%)	3,730 → 3,916 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$60,145 → $64,891 (+7.9%)	$54,835 → $80,625 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $146,200 (+39.9%)	$134,900 → $173,300 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $694 (+6.4%)	$627 → $770 (+22.8%)

Fennimore

Population

2,6032,762

Median household income

$60,145$64,891

Median home value

$104,500$146,200

Median gross rent

$652$694

Lancaster

Population

3,7303,916

Median household income

$54,835$80,625

Median home value

$134,900$173,300

Median gross rent

$627$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fennimore	Lancaster
Under 5	6.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	11.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	16.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.5%
75 and over	6.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fennimore	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fennimore	Lancaster
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.8%
High school graduate	34.9%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fennimore	Lancaster
Drove alone	82.1%	80.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.8%
Other means	0.1%	5.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fennimore	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	77.3%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Fennimore	Lancaster
Poverty rate	16.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1969	1959