Darien vs Fontana-on-Geneva Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Darien and Fontana-on-Geneva Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Darien and Fontana-on-Geneva Lake are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake has the higher population (1,633 vs 1,175 in Darien). Fontana-on-Geneva Lake has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $65,893 in Darien). Fontana-on-Geneva Lake has the higher median home value ($555,800 vs $197,200 in Darien).

Population, income & housing

	Darien	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
Population	1,175	1,633
Median age	42.3 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,893	$104,583
Median home value	$197,200	$555,800
Median gross rent	$831	$1,338
Housing units	544	2,040
Homeownership rate	84.2%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
Population	1,704 → 1,175 (-31.0%)	1,515 → 1,633 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$73,333 → $65,893 (-10.1%)	$89,762 → $104,583 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $197,200 (+29.7%)	$389,000 → $555,800 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $831 (-19.6%)	$847 → $1,338 (+58.0%)

Darien

Population

1,7041,175

Median household income

$73,333$65,893

Median home value

$152,100$197,200

Median gross rent

$1,033$831

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake

Population

1,5151,633

Median household income

$89,762$104,583

Median home value

$389,000$555,800

Median gross rent

$847$1,338

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
Under 5	5.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	2.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	5.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	17.5%	18.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	19.7%
75 and over	3.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
No high school diploma	10.1%	1.6%
High school graduate	38.2%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
Drove alone	86.8%	73.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	21.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
1-unit, detached	76.3%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Darien	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
Poverty rate	10.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	35
Median year structure built	1973	1976