Delavan Lake vs Fontana-on-Geneva Lake

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

Delavan Lake 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.

Delavan Lake has the higher population (2,728 vs 1,633 in Fontana-on-Geneva Lake). Fontana-on-Geneva Lake has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $71,042 in Delavan Lake). Fontana-on-Geneva Lake has the higher median home value ($555,800 vs $292,100 in Delavan Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Delavan Lake	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
Population	2,728	1,633
Median age	49.9 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,042	$104,583
Median home value	$292,100	$555,800
Median gross rent	$875	$1,338
Housing units	2,802	2,040
Homeownership rate	86.5%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delavan Lake	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
Population	2,558 → 2,728 (+6.6%)	1,515 → 1,633 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$67,788 → $71,042 (+4.8%)	$89,762 → $104,583 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$203,800 → $292,100 (+43.3%)	$389,000 → $555,800 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,112 → $875 (-21.3%)	$847 → $1,338 (+58.0%)

Delavan Lake

Population

2,5582,728

Median household income

$67,788$71,042

Median home value

$203,800$292,100

Median gross rent

$1,112$875

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)

	Delavan Lake	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
Under 5	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	5.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	18.0%	14.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	18.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	19.7%
75 and over	13.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delavan Lake	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	95.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delavan Lake	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
No high school diploma	19.3%	1.6%
High school graduate	29.0%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delavan Lake	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
Drove alone	76.4%	73.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	1.8%
Public transit	0.2%	1.4%
Walked	0.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	21.8%
Other means	3.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delavan Lake	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
1-unit, detached	82.5%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Delavan Lake	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake
Poverty rate	8.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1977	1976