Fontana-on-Geneva Lake vs Genoa City

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

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

Genoa City has the higher population (2,967 vs 1,633 in Fontana-on-Geneva Lake). Fontana-on-Geneva Lake has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $88,958 in Genoa City). Fontana-on-Geneva Lake has the higher median home value ($555,800 vs $230,900 in Genoa City).

Population, income & housing

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Genoa City
Population	1,633	2,967
Median age	54.9 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$88,958
Median home value	$555,800	$230,900
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,128
Housing units	2,040	1,184
Homeownership rate	87.0%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.9%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Genoa City
Population	1,515 → 1,633 (+7.8%)	2,995 → 2,967 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$89,762 → $104,583 (+16.5%)	$67,600 → $88,958 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$389,000 → $555,800 (+42.9%)	$160,700 → $230,900 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,338 (+58.0%)	$1,063 → $1,128 (+6.1%)

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

Genoa City

Population

2,9952,967

Median household income

$67,600$88,958

Median home value

$160,700$230,900

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,128

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Genoa City
Under 5	3.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	23.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	5.5%	16.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	18.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	19.7%	8.5%
75 and over	11.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Genoa City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Genoa City
No high school diploma	1.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	11.5%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Genoa City
Drove alone	73.2%	87.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	5.7%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	7.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Genoa City
1-unit, detached	72.7%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	15.4%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Genoa City
Poverty rate	7.1%	4.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1976	1992