Fennimore vs Platteville

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

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

Platteville has the higher population (11,421 vs 2,762 in Fennimore). Fennimore has the higher median household income ($64,891 vs $42,667 in Platteville). Platteville has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $146,200 in Fennimore).

Population, income & housing

	Fennimore	Platteville
Population	2,762	11,421
Median age	37.3 yrs	23.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,891	$42,667
Median home value	$146,200	$186,900
Median gross rent	$694	$885
Housing units	1,216	4,449
Homeownership rate	73.6%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fennimore	Platteville
Population	2,603 → 2,762 (+6.1%)	12,264 → 11,421 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$60,145 → $64,891 (+7.9%)	$46,690 → $42,667 (-8.6%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $146,200 (+39.9%)	$152,400 → $186,900 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $694 (+6.4%)	$829 → $885 (+6.8%)

Fennimore

Population

2,6032,762

Median household income

$60,145$64,891

Median home value

$104,500$146,200

Median gross rent

$652$694

Platteville

Population

12,26411,421

Median household income

$46,690$42,667

Median home value

$152,400$186,900

Median gross rent

$829$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fennimore	Platteville
Under 5	6.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	11.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	42.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	16.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	7.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	5.2%
75 and over	6.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fennimore	Platteville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fennimore	Platteville
No high school diploma	2.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	34.9%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fennimore	Platteville
Drove alone	82.1%	70.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	17.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.2%
Other means	0.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fennimore	Platteville
1-unit, detached	77.3%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	23.4%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fennimore	Platteville
Poverty rate	16.5%	25.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1969	1972