Fontana-on-Geneva Lake vs Lyons

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

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake and Lyons 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 1,206 in Lyons). Fontana-on-Geneva Lake has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $94,483 in Lyons). Fontana-on-Geneva Lake has the higher median home value ($555,800 vs $284,300 in Lyons).

Population, income & housing

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Lyons
Population	1,633	1,206
Median age	54.9 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$94,483
Median home value	$555,800	$284,300
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,612
Housing units	2,040	446
Homeownership rate	87.0%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.9%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Lyons
Population	1,515 → 1,633 (+7.8%)	1,117 → 1,206 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$89,762 → $104,583 (+16.5%)	$90,694 → $94,483 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$389,000 → $555,800 (+42.9%)	$260,300 → $284,300 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,338 (+58.0%)	$1,125 → $1,612 (+43.3%)

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

Lyons

Population

1,1171,206

Median household income

$90,694$94,483

Median home value

$260,300$284,300

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Lyons
Under 5	3.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	5.5%	7.8%
35 to 44	7.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	9.0%
55 to 64	18.7%	18.6%
65 to 74	19.7%	12.4%
75 and over	11.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Lyons
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	92.4%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Lyons
No high school diploma	1.6%	11.0%
High school graduate	11.5%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Lyons
Drove alone	73.2%	78.5%
Carpooled	1.8%	21.5%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Lyons
1-unit, detached	72.7%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fontana-on-Geneva Lake	Lyons
Poverty rate	7.1%	12.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1976	1991